Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack

1989 Waialua Beach, Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Waialua Beach, Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 10

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot bitten

🦈 Species Information

Hammerhead Shark

This species has been involved in 46 documented attacks in our database.

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