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[129] [131] On October 25, 2010, the Santa Barbara County coroner confirmed the species as great white after conferring with shark experts from the Los Angeles-based Shark Research Committee. The shark that attacked Ransom is believed to have been 17–18 feet (5.2–5.5 m) long, weighing approximately 4,000 pounds (1,814 kg).
The attacks were caused by the bull shark and tiger shark species. [32] The shark attacks in Recife have an unusually high fatality rate of about 37%. This is much higher than the worldwide shark attack fatality rate, which is currently about 16%, according to Florida State Museum of Natural History. [33]
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia; List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion;
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found just 69 confirmed, unprovoked shark attacks on people and 36 confirmed bites worldwide in 2023. That compares with ...
The International Shark Attack File is a global database of shark attacks. The file reportedly contains information on over 6,800 shark attacks spanning from the early 1500s to the present day, [1] and includes detailed, often privileged, information including autopsy reports and photos. It is accessible only to scientists whose access is ...
In 2006 the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) undertook an investigation into 96 alleged shark attacks, confirming 62 of them as unprovoked attacks and 16 as provoked attacks. The average number of fatalities worldwide per year between 2001 and 2006 from unprovoked shark attacks is 4.3.
Volusia County has been named by researchers at a Florida musuem as the number one hot spot for unprovoked shark attacks
In some cases — bull sharks, mako sharks and baby sand tiger sharks, for example — sharks will even eat their own species. ... The victim of the attack, nicknamed Penelope by researchers, was ...