Ever since Steven Spielberg unleashed Jaws onto the world back in 1975 Sharks have had a really bad press. Throw in the yearly world news hysteria of ‘Man gets eaten by shark on holiday’ and you have a climate of fear built up around the Shark that is massively undeserved.
For if you dig just a few inches under the worldwide annual mortality stats you’ll see some shocking comparisons that beg the question, who has the most to fear – Man or Shark?
Sources:
http://sharksavers.org/en/learn-more/shark-fin-soup-is-not-healthy.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061012-shark-fin.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/15/atlantic-shark-species-conservation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision
http://ilsf.org/en/drowning/facts
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/road_traffic/world_report/en/
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-fishing1.htm
http://www.iucnssg.org/index.php/faqreader/items/how-many-sharks-are-killed-annually-each-year
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wow so man is more dangerous than shark.. thanks for this info.
how the heck can texting cause death!?!?
Texting whilst driving = car crash
Texting whilst crossing the road = curb splat
Texting whilst walking near water whilst drunk = text drowning
Texting whilst on the golf course when some douche hits golf ball at your head = golf text death
Texting whilst not seeing the elevator isn't there but the door is open = bottom of elevator shaft splat texting,
etc…
this is funny but true..
came here to say that.. lol
Some humans are Shark lovers,Dr.Ryan Johnson,Dr Dulmayer….Hope I got his name right…….
No doubt that man is the meanest most callous killer of all time,hopefully the ripple effects that started years ago,will just get bigger and bigger…….as for me any human caught killing sharks(rhino,tiger etc) should be shot on the spot and left to rot.
let them (us)do…. we are are only killing ourselves…. kill the sharks, wales, etc and you will eventually kill the sea… if the sea is dead, then our biggest provider of air is gone…(they don't teach kids that on school eh…) am afraid that the trees are not enough…and also those are rapidly disappearing…. so who are we fooling??? only ourselves… sad… very sad… but dont worry the planet will survive and get over it… maybe takes a few thousand years… but considering how old she already is it means nothing… not for her ;o) for us YES big deal…. funny as well considering how long we are running around on this planet (not so long)and considering how much damage we have caused…. i am ashamed… and feel like i am part of a disease
Indeed Sven but don't beat yourself up about it. You are one of billions. Any one person can only do so much. It's only through education we'll turn this thing around, although it needs to happen in a hurry. It may even be too late. People will only act once it's too late. But that's no reason for good people to give up the cause and do what we can in the meantime. Who knows, even humanity could surprise us all before it's game over. Gotta live and hope or it will all be too crushingly depressing.
Cheers
Josh