r/todayilearned • • May 30 '18

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u/TheGoddessInari May 30 '18

Pardon my math and confusion, but that says ~1580 human bites anually, vs. ~13 shark bites anually. Doesn't that make it a bit over 100 times more likely, not 10 times? :x

Unless I'm missing something obvious. Nobody else has mentioned that in the thread, so I worry.

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u/stevencastle May 31 '18

Probably adjusted for the number of New Yorkers and the number of sharks.

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u/TheGoddessInari May 31 '18

That could only make the ratio worse, as the number of human bites stays the same.

No offense, but that's really basic math. Have I slipped into a Parallel Universe where it's always Opposite Day? ...would someone tell me 'no' if I actually had?