Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack

1959 LaJolla, San Diego County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

LaJolla, San Diego County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 32

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

Hammerhead Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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