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03-29-2021, 11:27 AM | #1 |
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One more reason we love the lakes
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03-29-2021, 04:35 PM | #2 |
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We live on the Cape and boat and fish several times a season in Chatham and other nearby waters inhabited by Great Whites. Fear of sharks has never prevented us from enjoying the Cape.
The possibility of someone getting injured or killed by a shark is still very, very small. Unfortunately, the lake also has it's share of water-related fatalities as well. Media-driven hype about sharks will always be with us. |
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But just when you thought it was safe
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03-29-2021, 07:11 PM | #5 |
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03-29-2021, 09:03 PM | #6 | |
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2.79M people have died worldwide from shark bite in one year. |
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03-29-2021, 11:18 PM | #7 | |
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Think of something like chicken pox and 50 years later you get shingles from it. Many "Survivors" now have chronic conditions and acceleration of other diseases, especially respiratory ones. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/art-20490351 If my sister in law survives, she will be crippled for life. Currently paralyzed from the neck down on a ventilator for weeks, with weeks to go. She is in her 50's. |
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03-30-2021, 04:07 AM | #8 | |
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Natural, Not Yet Introduced to Lake Winnipesaukee...
Not so fast...
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03-31-2021, 06:50 AM | #9 |
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Ok so I'll need to remember that next time I find myself wanting to take a trip to Nicaragua for a swim.
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04-01-2021, 08:02 PM | #10 |
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Shark fatalities and Covid fatalities are apples and oranges.
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04-02-2021, 06:45 AM | #13 | |
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04-02-2021, 07:10 AM | #14 |
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What-about-ism: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/whataboutism ..... is all about what-about-ism .... something to ponder ..... well, what about this and what about that and what about, you know, that other thing!
What about it ...... also known as whataboutery
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Strange statistic
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The ISAF 2020 shark attack report The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File investigated 129 alleged shark-human interactions worldwide in 2020. ISAF confirmed 57 unprovoked shark bites on humans and 39 provoked bites. Global total of unprovoked shark bites significantly lower than average The 2020 worldwide total of 57 confirmed unprovoked cases was lower than the most recent five-year (2015-2019) average of 80 incidents annually. There were 13 shark related fatalities this year, 10 of which were confirmed to be unprovoked. This number is above the annual global average of four unprovoked fatalities per year. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...de/4502604002/ Shark attacks were down again both in the U.S. and worldwide in 2019, according to a report released Tuesday. Last year, 64 unprovoked shark attacks were reported around the globe, down from the average of 82, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File. As for deaths, sharks killed two people in 2019, which is below the average of four. |
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What's a "provoked" shark attack? Oh I know standing in the water yelling to one "your mother wears army boots?
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