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1001 Facts about Sharks
A world of knowledge at your child's fingertips! Absolutely bursting with thousands of fascinating facts, Backpack Books are small enough to carry with ease, but big enough to provide all the answers. Researched and written by experts, topics are covered in encyclopedic and easy-to-understand detail.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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November 7, 2016
I picked this book up hoping that it would prove interesting, enlightening reading for the kids. In paging through I found this supposed fact:
"It is estimated that between 100 to 1,000 people are killed each year by sharks." pg 55
Wait a minute, I thought, that sounds ridiculously high.
A quick internet search confirmed my suspicion. For example:
"Over the past five years (2006-2010), an average of 4.2 fatal shark attacks have taken place each year world-wide. " (ref Shark Attack Statistics, www.oceana.org).
Perhaps the book has 1000 other interesting facts about sharks, but in my eye they failed to check the most fundamental fact of all: Sharks are no threat to us.
"It is estimated that between 100 to 1,000 people are killed each year by sharks." pg 55
Wait a minute, I thought, that sounds ridiculously high.
A quick internet search confirmed my suspicion. For example:
"Over the past five years (2006-2010), an average of 4.2 fatal shark attacks have taken place each year world-wide. " (ref Shark Attack Statistics, www.oceana.org).
Perhaps the book has 1000 other interesting facts about sharks, but in my eye they failed to check the most fundamental fact of all: Sharks are no threat to us.
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