at California beaches: link to news.
"Lucas Ransom, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was bodyboarding with friend Matthew Garcia off Surf Beach some 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Friday when the shark pulled him under the water. He resurfaced with his leg nearly severed amid what Garcia told The Associated Press was a wave of pure red."
Horrible.
Still in shock at the death of Fran Crippen.
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of the 51 fatal shark attacks in the past decade worldwide, 3 were in florida, 3 in california, and 1 in hawaii. 13 in australia. 8 in south africa.
flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/statsw.htm
Florida has almost three times as many shark attacks, but 1/4 the fatal shark attacks as Aus. Australia has about 20% larger population. I'm guessing that Florida has a large number of tourists that swim.
So, it looks to me like the land down under is the place to go to feed the sharks! ("I'd give an arm and a leg to save an endangered species.")
of the 51 fatal shark attacks in the past decade worldwide, 3 were in florida, 3 in california, and 1 in hawaii. 13 in australia. 8 in south africa.
flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/statsw.htm
Florida has almost three times as many shark attacks, but 1/4 the fatal shark attacks as Aus. Australia has about 20% larger population. I'm guessing that Florida has a large number of tourists that swim.
So, it looks to me like the land down under is the place to go to feed the sharks! ("I'd give an arm and a leg to save an endangered species.")
