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.

📹 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.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.