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Every time I step foot in the ocean, I can't help but think about sharks. In this episode, we look at the actual number of shark attacks, the type of sharks involved and which type of activities are most likely to result in an encounter.
Review the year of the shark https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/sep/05/features11.g23
The summer of the shark had no rise in actual shark attacks https://news.ufl.edu/archive/2002/02/summer-of-the-shark-in-2001-more-hype-than-fact-new-numbers-show.html
The rescue of Jessie Arbogast set the stage for a slow news
summer
Although most of these interactions result in minor injuries
akin to that of a dog bite, about six of the 75–100 unprovoked attacks that
currently occur worldwide each year result in human mortality [12]. (Note that an unprovoked attack is
defined as a bite or near bite (fended off by human intervention) of a person
(or the board on which he/she is perched) in the shark’s natural environment in
the absence of any human provocation.) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211049&type=printable
Shark species
Three shark species that attract much of that attention are
the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier),
and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). These species are of interest
to biologists because they are large, migratory species of cosmopolitan
distribution
While shark populations are poorly defined, shark-human
interactions in the form of unprovoked attacks have been increasing in raw
numbers for more than a century and in increasingly diverse places
Outcomes of shark attacks
Although not the focus of this contribution, the majority of
all shark attack outcomes were non-fatal (85%), and typically less than about
25% of attacks were fatal in countries with >50 attacks since 1960.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/factors/victim-activity/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/
Shark attacks vs other events
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/death/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/lightning-strikes/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/rip-currents/
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This topic has bonus content
Every time I step foot in the ocean, I can't help but think about sharks. In this episode, we look at the actual number of shark attacks, the type of sharks involved and which type of activities are most likely to result in an encounter.
Review the year of the shark https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/sep/05/features11.g23
The summer of the shark had no rise in actual shark attacks https://news.ufl.edu/archive/2002/02/summer-of-the-shark-in-2001-more-hype-than-fact-new-numbers-show.html
The rescue of Jessie Arbogast set the stage for a slow news
summer
Although most of these interactions result in minor injuries
akin to that of a dog bite, about six of the 75–100 unprovoked attacks that
currently occur worldwide each year result in human mortality [12]. (Note that an unprovoked attack is
defined as a bite or near bite (fended off by human intervention) of a person
(or the board on which he/she is perched) in the shark’s natural environment in
the absence of any human provocation.) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211049&type=printable
Shark species
Three shark species that attract much of that attention are
the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier),
and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). These species are of interest
to biologists because they are large, migratory species of cosmopolitan
distribution
While shark populations are poorly defined, shark-human
interactions in the form of unprovoked attacks have been increasing in raw
numbers for more than a century and in increasingly diverse places
Outcomes of shark attacks
Although not the focus of this contribution, the majority of
all shark attack outcomes were non-fatal (85%), and typically less than about
25% of attacks were fatal in countries with >50 attacks since 1960.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/factors/victim-activity/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/
Shark attacks vs other events
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/death/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/lightning-strikes/
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/rip-currents/
Listen to my other topics https://sci-vs-fear.com/podcasts/