Published 3 years ago

Thanks 2020: Fatal shark attacks peaked last year, deadliest since 2013

Summary

Shark attacks around the world decreased for the third consecutive year in 2020 but unprovoked bites resulting in deaths numbered 10, more than double the average of four per year, making last year the deadliest for such attacks since 2013.

0 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

The Guardian

Six of the 10 unprovoked shark attack deaths last year were in Australia

International report attributes spike in deaths in Australia to ‘chance’, saying the country’s 18 unprovoked attacks in 2020 was only slightly above averageUnprovoked shark bites killed 10 people around the world in 2020 with six of the deaths in Australian waters, according to international figures.The number of unprovoked shark bites and encounters in Australia was only slightly above average, with 18 incidents recorded by the University of Fl…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

Read Full Article

Daily Express

Shark attacks: Fatal shark attacks reach seven year high for 2021

SHARK ATTACKS which proved to be fatal reached a seven-year high in 2020, yet the number of attacks which were non-fatal was "extremely low", according to researchers who have collated the data.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

Read Full Article

CNN

Florida led the world in shark attacks again in 2020

The US is once again the shark attack capital of the world in 2020. Thanks, Florida!

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

Read Full Article

KRDO

Florida led the world in shark attacks again in 2020

The US is once again the shark attack capital of the world in 2020. Thanks, Florida!Last year, the US reported 33 unprovoked shark attacks, accounting for about 58% of the total number of unprovoked shark attacks that occurred worldwide, according to the Yearly World Shark Attack Summary from the International Shark Attack File (ISAF).This is a decrease from 2019, when 64% of the global unprovoked bites occurred in the US.ISAF categorizes shark …

3 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

Read Full Article