2Vettes said:
Hammerheads aren't the ones we hear about biting people, are they?
No. Bull sharks are the really agressive ones. The gulf and east coast of Florida is littered with them.
Tiger sharks are pretty nasty too. Check out the website link to see pics of them on the main page, and a shark bite victim.
Quote from sharkmans-world.com ::
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ll+shark&start=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=1
UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE!!
In the year 2000-- 85 people were bitten by sharks, of which 12 were killed, but that same year, in New York City alone 1600 people were bitten by other people!!!
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“Coconuts kill around 150 people worldwide each year, which makes them
about ten times more dangerous than sharks,” says Brent Escott, managing
director of Club Direct. “People may worry about being bitten by sharks
when visiting Australia, but I would suggest that we would be better
advised not to sit under coconut trees.”
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Total Number of Shark Attack Deaths
in
419 years. was
511!! (Just a hair over 1 per year worldwide!)
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Between 1990 & 2005, Lions have killed more than 560 people in Tanzania alone!! (only 15 years)