Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1964 Southeast Farallon Island, California, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Southeast Farallon Island, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg & thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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