

‘Provoked attacks’ are defined as when a human initiates interaction with a shark in some way.‘Unprovoked attacks’ are determined as incidents in which an attack on a live human occurs in the shark’s natural habitat with no human incitement.While it is extremely rare attacks can occur.Īccording to the International Shark Attack File, in 2019 there were only 64 unprovoked attacks worldwide and 41 provoked attacks. Most occurrences of a shark attack are due to poor water visibility or curiosity rather than predatory intentions, hence why shark bites are much more common than fatalities.

Sharks do not naturally hunt humans, in fact, according to the American Museum of Natural History, over 75% of all shark species will almost never encounter a human being and/or are incapable of consuming a human.

Sharks are man-eating, blood-thirsty creatures.
