. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. WHITE SHARK ATTACKS 197 A tooth fragment (California Academy of Sciences catalog no. 26884) that Mr. Tervo removed from the stern of his boat is identifiable as the apex of a lower tooth (of the first or second row from the sj'mphysis) of a white shark (Figure 4). Since the length of the tooth represented by the fragment is uncertain, determination of the length of the shark by means of a ratio comparable to that used by Randall (1973
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. WHITE SHARK ATTACKS 197 A tooth fragment (California Academy of Sciences catalog no. 26884) that Mr. Tervo removed from the stern of his boat is identifiable as the apex of a lower tooth (of the first or second row from the sj'mphysis) of a white shark (Figure 4). Since the length of the tooth represented by the fragment is uncertain, determination of the length of the shark by means of a ratio comparable to that used by Randall (1973) is not possible. In comparison with the teeth of 10 white sharks ranging from 6 feet Sf inches to 16 feet 9 inches in length, the con- figuration (especially the width) of the fragment agrees best with that of a lower tooth (of the second row) of a specimen 10 feet 3f inches in total length and 625 pounds in weight (California Academy of Sciences catalog no. 26363).. FIGURE 4. White-shark tooth fragment (Calif. Acad. Sci. 26884), median height mm, removed from Mr. Henry Tervo's boat "; Photograph by W. I. Follett, July 25, 1973. CONCLUSIONS Years sometimes pass without an attack on any of the myriad of swimmers or skin divers in California waters (see Schultz and Malin 1963). But the potential danger of attack by a white shark, while extremely remote, is ever present along the coast of California—at all times of year. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my appreciation to Ilelmutli Himmrich for his de- tailed account of the circumstances under which tlie shark attacked him; to John E. Hutton, Jr., , Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army, for a description of the wounds inflicted upon Himmrich by the shark; to Edmund H. Smith, of the University of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not per
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