Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1985 Southeast Farallon Island, Farallon Islands, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1985

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Southeast Farallon Island, Farallon Islands, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

2 semi-circular bites on aft starboard tube of boat

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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