Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1971 Point Purisima, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1971

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Point Purisima, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Major injuries to head, buttocks & back

🦈 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 have no bones.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

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

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks can only live in salt water.