Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack

2010 Atlantis Beach, near Tramandai, Rio Grande Do Sul, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2010

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Atlantis Beach, near Tramandai, Rio Grande Do Sul, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot bitten

🦈 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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Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

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