The new hire comes after nearly a year of turmoil at the center, where water quality issues led to the loss of crucial permits from FWC and at least 20 staff members resigned.
rounds for the past week or so on the internet. this is that great white leaping out of water to catch a seal off of the coast of cape cod. amazing video there. it really is. one of the first times this has been documented in new england. and we can credit that to saving the seals in the area has brought back the predators. is it reasonable to expect that forever now we re going to be treating every shark attack like it is a big deal? i think we need to put it all in perspective. around the globe, maybe five or six shark bites per year are fatal. and typically only about 80 to 85 bites a year globally. compare that to the 73 million sharks we kill every year and it is clear to see who should be afraid of who. and good to know that the woman out in california is expected to be okay. andy, thank you sir. thank you. that is going to do it for the 4:00 hour.
diego s popular laji jolla beac saturday. and there was a surfer with an even closer encounter. a shark took a bite the size of her head out of her surf board. s does it seem like there have been a lot more shark attacks this summer? the pro surfer on television. in june two had their arms amputated after attacks in north carolina. joining us shark expert andy dehart. are attacks on the rise? that is all fiction. in fact the numbers are dropped since 2012. and we have about 58 incidents this year. why does it seem so?
discovery channel produce shark week, a andy dehart the 30-year is silly? absolutely it is unfounded the around the globe less than 100 shark bites per year on people the counter to that is we kill 73 billion sharks per year. john: and stuff to worry about you said driving to the beach is more dangerous? there is a lot of things more dangerous including many machines more like sending machines. john: 3500 americans drowned or beestings killed many more people. making sure your kids are safe in the water or avoid being ripped currents. is still you got interested because you had a close encounter? five years old snorkeling with my dad in the florida