Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1990 Russian Gulch, Jenner, Sonoma County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1990

⏰ 13h00

📍 Location

Russian Gulch, Jenner, Sonoma County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark rammed & overturned paddleboard, knocking him into water & bit his head, lacerating his face & neck

🦈 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 can only live in salt water.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks sleep like humans do.