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I was curious about this. >The one attack a year is an aberration. Is that just one attack a year in that specific region? There are certainly more than that

I was curious about this. >The one attack a year is an aberration. Is that just one attack a year in that specific region? There are certainly more than that globally. Earlier this year there were two attacks in Australia only hours apart. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-16/man-attacked-by-shark-near-gracetown-in-western-australia/9662422 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-16/man-attacked-by-shark...

groby_b 8y ago
It's about 50-100 a year world wide. The majority, oddly, in the US - seems even the sharks around here are more prone to violence. (No word on the Jets yet) But, seriously, given that we kill 100 million of them every year, they're surprisingly nice to us.
- AvocadoPanic 8y ago
  Yes we'll, obviously US based sharks are being incited by the irresponsible rhetoric of the current administration.
- quirkot 8y ago
  Keep it cool, boy. Real cool.
  - barrow-rider 8y ago
    Careful mon ami, someone might DANCE at you. Them pirouettes is scary.
satori99 8y ago
Another person was bitten in the same bay today; https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/shark-attack-near-cid-harbour-in-north-queensland/news-story/fb13ae93a7adb83b592da70fdec37562 https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/shark-attack-nea...
sandworm101 8y ago
I had a dive instructor one who had an interesting insight re attacks Hawaii. Surfer goes missing. Body is found later with massive, obvious, shark bites. Lungs full or water. Official story: surfer drowned and then was bitten. If a large shark wants to actually eat you, you aren't getting away to call it an attack. It is not abnormal for people to simply go missing on the ocean. If even a small percentage of these are attacks, the "one attack per year" mantra should be revisited. I would not recommend swimming, or walking, around any apex predator. They are very confident animals and are therefore curious. Watch a puppy 'inspect' an unusual object. You might not survive such curiosity. Google "red sea jaws", a story about a true rogue shark that attacked multiple people across several days. The animal has a deformed jaw and so the bites could be linked.

groby_b 8y ago

It's about 50-100 a year world wide. The majority, oddly, in the US - seems even the sharks around here are more prone to violence. (No word on the Jets yet) But, seriously, given that we kill 100 million of them every year, they're surprisingly nice to us.

AvocadoPanic 8y ago
Yes we'll, obviously US based sharks are being incited by the irresponsible rhetoric of the current administration.
quirkot 8y ago
Keep it cool, boy. Real cool.
- barrow-rider 8y ago
  Careful mon ami, someone might DANCE at you. Them pirouettes is scary.

satori99 8y ago

Another person was bitten in the same bay today; https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/shark-attack-near-cid-harbour-in-north-queensland/news-story/fb13ae93a7adb83b592da70fdec37562 https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/shark-attack-nea...

sandworm101 8y ago

I had a dive instructor one who had an interesting insight re attacks Hawaii. Surfer goes missing. Body is found later with massive, obvious, shark bites. Lungs full or water. Official story: surfer drowned and then was bitten. If a large shark wants to actually eat you, you aren't getting away to call it an attack. It is not abnormal for people to simply go missing on the ocean. If even a small percentage of these are attacks, the "one attack per year" mantra should be revisited. I would not recommend swimming, or walking, around any apex predator. They are very confident animals and are therefore curious. Watch a puppy 'inspect' an unusual object. You might not survive such curiosity. Google "red sea jaws", a story about a true rogue shark that attacked multiple people across several days. The animal has a deformed jaw and so the bites could be linked.