Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1926 San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1926

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📍 Location

San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg & hand lacerated and dog bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.