Sharks

Shark Attacks Shark Shark Attack - What is the Risk? By Rocky Boschman Thanks to sensational movies like Jaws and reporting like Time Magazine's "Summer of Fear", our fear of sharks has been driven so deep into our core, that many are afraid to even enter the ocean. You might think that its a lot safer to just stay at home and putter around the house. In 1996, home improvement projects in the USA involving toilets led to 43,687 injuries. Mishaps with ladders added another 138,894 injuries. Even buckets caused over 10,000 injuries. Shark attacks in that year injured just 13. Statistically, we should be more frightened by man's best friend and age-old companion, the family dog. During the period of 2001-2007, there were 175 dog attack fatalities in the USA. There were only six shark attack fatalities in the same period. There are a lot of other animals that we should fear before sharks. In 1981, New York City alone reported 81 squirrel bites. There were only 12 shark bi...

Shark Attacks Plane Shark attacks are not a special effect or a figment of the imagination of the writers responsible for movies such as "Jaws" and "Deep Blue Sea". They do exist. In fact, there is an average of 56 unprovoked shark attacks every year, on a worldwide scale. Of these attacks, about 4 are fatal. Shark Attacks Plane