The Wild Animal Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting animal welfare through education, advocacy, and awareness, has recently published some interesting facts & statistics on shark attacks, behavior, and data on one of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures.
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The Foundation’s Top 10 Most Astonishing Facts include:
- The Incidence of Fatal Shark Attacks Is 1 in 4,332,817
- Stats Show There Were 57 Unprovoked Bites and Attacks in 2022
- There Are Three Different Types of Shark Attacks
- Great White Sharks Are Most Commonly Involved in Human Attacks
- The Bite Force of a Great White Shark Is More than 4,000 PSI
- 16 Cases in Florida Represent 39% of the US Total Shark Attacks
- The Second Place with the Highest Number of Shark Attacks after the US Is Australia
- One of the Most Dangerous Shark Beaches in the World Is Gansbaai
- Globally, There Are More Than 100 Million Shark Deaths
- Overfishing Has Dropped the Level of Sharks by 71%
For more information and a much longer (and fascinating!) list of facts, please visit their website at https://worldanimalfoundation.org