Visualized: Worldwide Shark Attacks Since 2000
Shark Attacks Around the World Source: International Shark Attack File At the Florida Museum of Natural History, filling up two five-drawer file cabinets are 2700 detailed accounts of shark attacks that collectively make up what's called the International Shark Attack File. The name of the database might be somewhat misleading-two recent stories suggest that shark-human interactions should be referred to as "incidents" rather than "attacks." But whether we think of them as vicious, violent killers or big, curious fish navigating cloudy waters, one thing is clear from the Shark Attack File: Sharks bite more people in U.S. waters than anywhere else in the world. According to the File, 39% of the incidents in 2011 involving shark teeth sinking into unwitting human flesh occurred in shallow waters off U.S. beaches. That's way more than Australia, who racked up 14% of shark attacks last year to come in second. And yet, the...