Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1989 Marinella, between Punta Blanca & Marine del Carrara, Tuscany, ITALY

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Marinella, between Punta Blanca & Marine del Carrara, Tuscany, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Upper right thigh bitten

🦈 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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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks are colorblind.