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Sunday, 01 March 2009 11:52

There are more than 440 shark species in the waters of the globe. Nearly five people lose their lives, every year, due to shark attacks. Also, more than 40 million sharks are killed annually for commercial purposes.

Smell, sight, hearing, eletroreceptions and lateral line and the main shark senses.They provide information for activation of protection defenses and attack drives. Sharks are common down to depths of 2,000 metres (7,000 ft), in warm waters, but they can also be seen in shallow and fresh waters.

These are the most shark-infested regions:

World Shark Attack Map

1. NW Coast of North America 9. Mediterranean Sea
2. SW Coast of North America 10. Arabian and Red Sea
3. West Coast of South America 11. East Coast of Africa
4. Gulf of Mexico 12. Coast of India
5. Caribbean 13. Indo Pacific Islands
6. East Coast of North America 14. Japan and China
7. Europe North Atlantic 15. Australia
8. West Coast of Africa 16. New Zealand

 

The International Shark Attack File (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/) has also built a very interesting map of the World's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks, from the year 1580 to 2009.

Map of World's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks from 1580 to 2009

TERRITORY TOTAL ATTACKS FATAL ATTACKS LAST FATALITY
USA (w/out Hawaii)

921

39

2008

Australia

358

134

2008

Africa

278

70

2004

Asia

117

52

2000

Pacific/Oceania Islands (w/out Hawaii)

125

51

2007

Hawaii

111

11

2004

South America

100

23

2006

Antilles & Bahamas

65

17

1972

Middle America

65

33

2008

New Zealand

47

9

1968

Europe

39

18

1984

Bermuda

4

0

 

Unspecified

21

7

1965

WORLD

2251

464

2008

Last updated: 7th July, 2009

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Comments (5)
Sharks get me off
5 Thursday, 02 September 2010 08:41
Long dong silver
Sharks are big :)
dont be afraid
4 Tuesday, 03 August 2010 05:44
niah
sharks are somethimes misunderstood, they are amazing creatures and bite to test what something is. so as long as you are careful and have alot of saftey preca. you'll have a higher risk of saftey:)) ShArKs R cOoL
Kids vacation in gulf
3 Thursday, 13 May 2010 01:42
Donald J
Ten year old concerned about sharks on our coming padre island trip. What do I tell them?
sharks
2 Saturday, 08 May 2010 01:08
katelyn
its coooool wat evr soooooo byyyye
Hi
1 Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:51
Ashlynn
sharks scare me!!! :'( haha

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