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Shark Facts
mukashi - 8/27/2008 7:47 PM
In the U.S., your chances of getting killed by lightning are 30 times greater than dying of a shark attack. Bees , wasps, and snakes kill more people each year than sharks. Drowning, heart attacks, beach accidents resulting in spinal injury, sunburn, cuts from stepping on sea shells, dehydration, jellyfish stings, and traffic accidents going to or from the beach are all far more common than shark attacks. In 1996 in the U.S. there were 18 reported injuries and deaths from shark attacks, but 198,...