Sharks are nine times more likely to kill men than women

Australian scientists have concluded that men account for 84 percent of all unprovoked shark attacks, and 89 deaths from sea predator bites.

The discovery is part of a comprehensive study of shark attacks and deaths from shark bites that showed a threefold increase in "unprovoked shark attacks" in three decades.

The leader in the deaths is Australia. It recorded 171 shark attacks, 32 of which were fatal, in South Africa there were 132 bites and 28 deaths, in the US where 769 attacks were recorded, but only 25 deaths.

Bond University professor Daryl McPhee said: “The United States has by far the highest number of reported bites, but also the lowest rate of fatalities, at just 3.6 percent.” According to the biologist, this is due to the fact that small and medium-sized individuals predominate in this region. McPhee also suggested that the high death toll in Australia was due to the "obvious love and intimacy with the water of the locals."

Source: nauka24news.ru/