{"id":2084,"date":"2025-02-14T15:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/shark-attack-figures-fell-heavily-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:08:15","slug":"shark-attack-figures-fell-heavily-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/shark-attack-figures-fell-heavily-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark attack figures fell heavily in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-02-14 15:08:14<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Shark attack figures fell dramatically in 2024.<BR><br \/>\nData shows that just 47 unprovoked attacks were recorded across the world last year &#8211; down from 69 in 2023 and considerably below the 10-year average of 70.<BR><br \/>\nFour of last year&#8217;s known shark attacks resulted in deaths, compared to 10 in 2023 and five in 2022.<BR><br \/>\nExperts have described it as an &#8220;exceptionally calm&#8221; year for shark bites.<BR><br \/>\nThe majority of bites occurred in the USA, with 28 attacks recorded in six states.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Diego Vaz, Senior Curator of Fishes at London&#8217;s Natural History Museum, says that the drop in attacks is a consequence of environmental damage.<BR><br \/>\nHe said: &#8220;Millions of sharks are killed each year, from newborns through to fully grown adults, and we&#8217;re also destroying their environment.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;In comparison, 47 people being bitten seems so small, especially across so many kilometres of beach around the world.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nDr. Vaz continued: &#8220;We need to remind ourselves that we&#8217;re entering their environment as visitors, and so we need to accept the risks that brings and take precautions when needed.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years, much longer than humans, so we&#8217;re the ones who are invading their space.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-02-14 15:08:14 Shark attack figures fell dramatically in 2024. Data shows that just 47 unprovoked attacks were recorded across the world last year &#8211; down from 69 in 2023 and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions\/2086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}