Sharks’ attacks – and deaths – they fell in 2024. Here’s where most of the unprotected snacks occurred.

Sharks’ attacks – especially deadly – have fallen significantly last year around the world, shows a new report.

The latest iteration International shark attack fileThe database led by the Florida Natural History Museum and the University in Florida showed that sharks attacks dramatically decreased in 2024 and is far below the annual average.

“Unprotected shark bites have fallen in 2024,” writes in the title of the report, which he characterized the year as “extremely peaceful” for sharks bites.

Of the 88 alleged interactions of sharks and human sharks that researchers say they explored last year, 71 bite confirmed. The report segmented these incidents into unprofitted and provoked by snacks, of which 47, respectively, 24. Seven attacks were fatal, including four unannounced attacks, the study said.

These figures did not take into account the cases where sharks attacked the boat or bitten the man who was already dead. Several additional incidents where a person’s injuries cannot be indisputably attributed to the seaside dog, through another predatory sea creature, in the report it is categorized as “unconfirmed”.

Confirmed attacks in 2024 dwarf numbers Reported in the previous year file to attack on a sharkwho have recognized 91 global incidents, including 69 unprotected snacks and 22 provoked snacks. Ten people died in shark attacks in 2023, and six were killed in unprotected attacks, researchers said at the time.

The number of attacks last year was “significantly below a” 10-year average, of about 70 unprotected shark bites recorded annually, the new report notes. Also, four unprotected attacks called “significant reduction” compared to previous years.

The International List of Shark attacks is considering attacks on a living man in the natural habitat of sharks, which did not bother the animal before biting, “unchanged”. Takes into account the attacks that have emerged after the man has launched some kind of contact with sharks “provoked”.

Divers who suffer after trying to touch or otherwise harass sharks, attacks on Spearsfishmen, bites on people who have tried to feed the sharks and bite that happen while the shark is unbuttoned or removed from the fishing net, some examples of scripts are some examples who would meet the criteria for a “challenged” attack.

Unprotected snacks are of particular interest in researchers who study shark attacks.

“We are interested in the natural patterns of the shark behavior to understand why people occasionally bite this animal,” said Gavin Naylor, director of Florida Program for Shark Research. “Any sign or attribute that modifies the natural behavior of an animal is something we, as scientists, want to exclude.”

Places with the most unprotected seizures of sharks

Most unprotected seizures of sharks 2024 occurred in the United States, followed by a long -standing pattern, a new report notes. Last year, there were 28 confirmed bites of sharks in US waters, which made up 60% of the total worldwide, although there were lower than 36 unprotected incidents of the confirmed 2023.

Half of us took place in Florida 2024, which is also common for a country that is often known to experience the highest concentrations of shark snacks anywhere in the world. Like a national total number, a shark bites were lowered in Florida, where the five -year average of 19 unprotected attacks.

Australia has now drawn with nine unprotected snacks, which is a significant reduction from the five -year average in the country, Egypt, the Maldives, the Western Sahara, the islands of Turk and Caicos, France Polynesia, Mozambique, India, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Belize each reported about one unprotected attack of sharks.

Fatal attacks occurred in the United States, Egypt, Maldives and Western Sahara, and one death confirmed at each place, according to the shark attack file. Despite Florida, unprotected snacks, the only death in the US last year happened in Hawaii when Surfer Tamayo Perry was killed from the island of Oah. The type of shark involved in the attack is unknown, researchers said.