Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2009 Portland, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2009

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Portland, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark bit kayak

🦈 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.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.