![]() ![]() The safest time to enter ocean waters, according to the site, is Tuesday mornings at dawn in February.īut generally speaking, "the number of sharks in the world’s oceans has decreased, which may have contributed to recent lulls,” Gavin Naylor, a shark researcher at Florida Museum of Natural History, told USA Today earlier this year. It's likely fatalities are down "because some areas have recently implemented rigorous beach safety protocols, especially in Australia,” he said. Globally, about 10 people are attacked and killed by sharks each year. One thousand respondents were asked if they would be willing to be bitten by a shark, and 15% of respondents said they would indeed agree to be attacked by a shark if it turned out to be a "cool story," but that's only if they have no permanent injuries. The vast majority of bites are unprokoved (94%) while a small number of attacks (6%) are provoked. Global shark attack data: How many people have been attacked by sharks in the past half-century?Ī total of 1,218 shark bites and attacks have been recorded in the past 47 years worldwide, with approximately 14% of those being fatal. With its 825 miles of sandy beaches, Florida is home to most of those. On average, there are about 100 documented shark attacks around the globe each year. Saturday afternoons in July are prime time to get bitten by the ocean's greatest predator, according to a new shark attack file that looks at big fish bites over the past half-century.į has compiled 47 years of shark attack data into a global mapping system that keeps track of all documented bites.įlorida has long been the shark bite capital of the world, and statistics bear that out. ![]()
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