Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack

1996 Bayshore Garden, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1996

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Bayshore Garden, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, towed by shark that grabbed stringer of fish tied to his waist

🦈 Species Information

Hammerhead Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Hammerhead Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

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