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As Many As 11,000 Sharks Are Killed By Humans Every Hour

by The Daily Eye Team July 22 2015, 5:33 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secs

Since early June, sharks have attacked eight people off the coast of North Carolina. The victims range in age from 8 to nearly 70, and two people ? teens attacked on June 14 ? have lost arms. On Independence Day, a shark even attacked a 32-year-old soldier from the US Marine Corps. But while it might seem like open season on humans in North Carolina, the risk of an attack remains remarkably low. And, if anyone ? or thing ? is in danger, it's sharks. The cluster of attacks in North Carolina is "highly unusual," George Burgess, who directs the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, told VICE News. That's because the state has at most seen only five attacks in a single year. Read More?at ?www.news.vice.com