Comment by askvictor

3 hours ago

Agree. Though I read that shark attacks are increasing. Possibly due to changing water temperatures, or humans over-fishing their natural prey, leading them to look elsewhere.

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askvictor

defrost 6 minutes ago

I've read that they are down:

  According to the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File (ISAF), there were just 47 unprovoked attacks last year (worldwide, 2024), 22 fewer compared to 2023 and below the 10-year annual average of 70.

~ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/shark-attack-bite-rep...

nandomrumber 2 hours ago

Also, Great Whites were protected some time ago in Australia, 1996 if I recall correctly.

Fair chance there are more of them.