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- A record number of people in the U. S. were attacked by sharks . . .
There were 98 unprovoked shark attacks last year around the world, eclipsing the previous record of 88 attacks in 2000, according to the International Shark Attack File, which tracks such incidents
- Shark bites off Palm Beach County waters: Should swimmers be . . .
A man in his 50s was fishing off Lake Worth Beach Park on the morning of March 31 when a shark bit him on the knee He was taken to St Mary’s Medical Center where officials said his injury was
- Why New Smyrna Beach has so many shark attacks
Volusia County’s earliest record unprovoked shark bite happened in 1956 in New Smyrna Beach, according to ISAF data In all, as of 2020, there have been 244 attacks in the city’s waters
- Recent shark bites scary, but serious injuries remain . . .
Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it's safe to go in the water
- In the last 444 years, the Indian Subcontinent has seen just . . .
The United States came in next It recorded 36 unprovoked attacks, accounting for 52 per cent of incidents worldwide Of these, two — one in California and another in Hawaii — were fatal Florida had more shark bites than any other state, with 16 attacks
- USA Attack Frequency Rates – International Shark Attack File
These graphs of unprovoked shark attacks for the United States from 1960 through the present show the portion occurring in Florida and Volusia County, currently the location of the most shark attacks worldwide The drop in recorded attacks in 1969 is a result of a loss of funding to support the ISA
- Was it a shark? This is how experts identify shark bites
The International Shark Attack File reported 37 unprovoked shark attacks in Florida in 2017, seven of which were in Brevard County and four on the Treasure Coast No fatalities were reported in
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