There were just 57 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks last year, out of a global population of 8 billion, five of which were fatal. However, some places around the world have much higher rates of s…
Despite our fearful fascination with these majestic beasts of the ocean, the chances of one of those needle-like teeth ever puncturing your skin are staggeringly low: more than one in four million, according to the International Shark Attack File , the world’s most comprehensive database of all known shark attacks.
Worldwide, bite victims are most commonly atop the water on a surf board, water skis or other flotation device at the time of the attack. “Try to avoid splashing at the surface, because it generates sounds that are reminiscent of struggling fishes,” says Gavin Naylor, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research, in the Florida Museum’sMaui is the second-largest of Hawaii’s islands, but it’s by the far the liveliest when it comes to human-shark encounters.
A closure sign is posted off Del Mar beach, north of San Diego, after a 50-year-old woman was bitten by a shark in the water prompting a beach closure of at least 48 hours in the area, city lifeguard officials said on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. A California swimmer says she saw a shark attack her after it rammed her out of the water off the coast of the town of Del Mar last week.
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