First things first: Despite some truly terrifying tales of survival, you are incredibly unlikely to be duking it out with a shark any time soon.
But sharks do occasionally attack humans – and they certainly make news when they do:
• A Russian citizen was killed by a shark in the Red Sea in Egypt on June 8.
• A shark attacked a woman from Connecticut while she was snorkeling at a resort in Turks and Caicos on May 24.
• A New Jersey teenager was injured by an apparent shark bite while surfing on May 21.
• Two separate shark attacks happened in Florida earlier in May: One man was angling off a dock and the another while spearfishing in the water.
While these kinds of encounters understandably cause would-be ocean swimmers to worry, there’s no need to panic about your upcoming beach vacation. The chances of being attacked by a shark are extremely low despite the headlines.
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found only 57 confirmed, unprovoked shark bites on people and 32 confirmed, provoked bites in 2022 worldwide.
Think about it a minute – the world population is 8 billion people. Many of those live near or vacation at the coast. And only 89 bites were logged. Your chances of drowning are much, much higher.
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