Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sharks are not a threat to landlocked countires/states

Most sharks attack beaches that are on coastal cities, such as Tampa, FL. In 1998-2004 in Florida alone, there were 280 shark attacks and 4 fatalities were a result of those. Also in Florida, in that same time period, there were over 10,000 boating accidents. Some of those had to be because of a shark attack.

-Notice that in all of this data, no landlocked state is mentioned. Therefore, I assume that the number of shark attacks and fatalities in these landlocked states. Because of this, it is assumed that if you go boating, or swimming in a lake or pool that's landlocked, you are relatively safe from any danger that a shark might pose to you*.

*Does not apply to aquariums.
Boating Accidents and Fatalities Compared to Shark Attacks and Fatalities
State Period Number of
Boating
Accidents
Number of
Boating
Fatalities
Number of
Shark
Attacks
Number of
Shark Attack
Fatalities
Alabama 1998-2009 1,083 205 4 0
California 1998-2009 8,278 599 30 3
Georgia 1998-2009 1,741 173 4 0
Florida 1998-2009 10,172 754 280 4
Hawaii 1998-2009 181 30 41 1
North Carolina 1998-2009 1,972 246 21 1
Oregon 1998-2009 848 177 7 0
South Carolina 1998-2009 1,320 219 28 0
Texas 1995-2009 2,346 543 13 0

TOTALS   27,941 2,946 428 9
Number per Year (average)   2,328.4 245.5 35.7 0.8