In honor of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Attack Week, it’s time to revisit some of the grisly events in Mexico last summer. Last year, sharks off of Mexico’s Pacific coast killed two people and maimed one. It had been the first shark fatalities in the area in 30 years. (An earlier post on this is [...]
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Mexico Stands Out in 2008 Shark Attack Statistics
Half of all fatalities resulting from unprovoked shark attacks in 2008 occurred in Mexico, the International Shark Attack File reported earlier this year. The organization defines an “unprovoked attack” as one in which a shark in its natural habitat attacks a live human without provocation. Worldwide there was a total of 118 incidents involving sharks [...]
