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Cuemaster t1_j79nqpb wrote

Just to put some context here.

This is a very rare event, only 2 deaths by shark in the last 50 years for a city of 2 million people.

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sharkfilespodcast t1_j7dojzy wrote

I obviously echo that sentiment but your information isn't quite accurate.

Just off the top of my head, there was a 2021 fatality in Perth at Freemantle Port Beach, then two at Cottesloe- one in 2011 and another in 2000.

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Cuemaster t1_j7dscsd wrote

Good point , I only remembered the guy taken early in the morning at cottesloe.

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Pawneewafflesarelife t1_j7e5jma wrote

Not a fatality but a few years ago they had to cancel the swim race to Rottnest because of a shark showing up.

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cedped t1_j7b1tfz wrote

It looks like she was swimming with dolphins and the shark happened to be hunting there. It probably thought she was also a dolphin.

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elruary t1_j7fuhev wrote

That's a silly statistic, those 2 million are mainly on land.

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Cuemaster t1_j7hvcqd wrote

Sure, we live in houses on the land, but if want to swim we go to the beach....

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elruary t1_j7i308a wrote

If 2 million people were in the water everyday there would be a lot more shark attacks.

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