Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1997 Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Sierakowski suffered a minor facial injury, ski bitten in half by shark

🦈 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can only live in salt water.