Shark attacks hit record high in 2015, global tally shows
Source: The Guardian
International Shark Attack File notes 98 unprovoked shark attacks – including six fatalities – with US, Australia and South Africa witnessing highest numbers
Sharks attacked people 98 times in 2015, a spike in unprovoked attacks that set a new record as human populations rise, researchers found in an annual global tally released on Monday.
Six people were killed by sharks, including a snorkeler in Hawaii. Two deaths were recorded off the Indian Ocean island of Réunion, and shark attack victims also died in Australia, Egypt and New Caledonia, according to data submitted by scientists worldwide.
While last year saw twice as many fatal attacks as 2014, the number of deadly encounters was roughly on par with the past decade’s average, said George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File. Maintained at the University of Florida, the database was established in 1958.
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?w=470&h=235And a total of 98 attacks around the entire world?
How many days does it take to hit that many deaths by gunfire in the US?
How many hours if you take in the whole world?
Or traffic fatalities?
Hell, lightning kills nearly nine times that number annually just in the US.
On the other hand, how many millions of sharks were killed over the same
timescale?
What a pointless piece of scare-mongering.
