Forget sharks: 7 things in the water swimmers should actually fear
By Jonathan Wosen @JonathanWosen
July 21, 2017
Alex Hogan/STAT
It’s shark season — primarily on cable TV. As the decades-long tradition of “Shark Week” approaches, you can expect once again to hear of “serial killer” sharks, attacks near major coastal cities, and menacing, massive shark swarms.
But, as you probably also know, shark attacks are incredibly unlikely. You’re 75 times more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark. On average, one person dies of a shark attack every other year in the United States.
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