What Are the 39 Types of Sharks Known to Harm Humans?

What are the 39 types of sharks known to harm humans? Well, as soon as you read this question, your mind probably started racing, your heartbeat became more rapid and your throat dried out. The question that probably consumes your thoughts right now is: Are there that many dangerous species of sharks out there?

Well, calm down. Yes there are 39 types of sharks known to have harmed humans but only three species were actually involved in unprovoked shark attacks. No, Jaws itself, better known as a Great White shark was not one of these species. Surprised? In fact, out of 1190 shark attacks between 1580 and 2005, there were only 3 provoked shark attacks, one being fatal. Each of the following species was involved in one shark attack: the Hammerhead shark, the Blue shark and the Shortfin Mako shark. The fatal attack was done by the Hammerhead shark.

So according to the ISAF (International shark Attack File) between 1580 and 2005, there were 1187 unprovoked shark attacks done by 36 types of sharks. In fact, 17 of the 36 species involved in unprovoked shark attacks were responsible for 5 shark attacks or less. These types of sharks are: the Galapagos shark, the Tope shark, the Silvertip shark, the Spiny Dogfish shark, the Tresher shark, The Bignose shark, the Smooth Dogfish shark, the Basking shark, the Horn shark, the Sixgill shark, the Whale shark, the Greenland shark, the Whitetip Reef shark, the Porbeagle shark, the Leopard shark, the Mako shark and the Great Hammerhead shark.

Of the remaining 19 types of sharks known to harm humans, 6 types of sharks are responsible for 6 to 9 unprovoked shark attacks. These are the following species: the Grey Reef shark, the Oceanic Whitetip shark, the Sandbar shark, the Sevengill shark, the Dusky shark and the Silky shark.

Of the 13 types of sharks that are left, 3 species are responsible for 14 to 19 unprovoked shark attacks. These are the following types of sharks: the Spinner shark, the Blacktip Reef shark and the Bronze Whaler shark.

Of the 10 types of sharks that have been involved in 23 to 27 unprovoked shark attacks on humans, you have the 3 following shark species: the Lemon shark, the Caribbean Reef shark and the Wobbegong shark.

Now you have the top ten sharks that have been known to attack humans, 7 species are responsible for unprovoked shark attacks while 3 species that were mentioned earlier on this page have been involved in provoked shark attacks. The 7 species are: the Great White shark, the Tiger shark, the Bull shark, the Sand Tiger shark, the Requiem shark, the Nurse shark and the Blacktip shark.

The top 10 species are: the Great White shark (#1), the Tiger shark (#2), the Bull shark (#3), the Sand Tiger shark (#4), the Requiem shark (#5), the Nurse shark (#6), the Shortfin Mako (#7), the Blacktip shark (#8), the Hammerhead shark (#9) and the Blue shark (#10). The numbers of shark attacks done by these species vary between 36 and 410.

As you can see, the 20% types of sharks involved in shark attacks may seem impressive but not as alarming as you may have thought at first.

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Pre-Order Halo 3 - Get Your Copy of Fall's Hottest Video Game, Halo 3

The release date of September 25, 2007 is barely weeks away and the buzz on Halo 3 is starting to heat up. If youre planning to get a copy of the new edition of the popular video game for your xbox 360, youre going to have three different editions to choose from this time around.

microsoft has gone on something of a marketing frenzy for Halo 3, coming up with two different limited editions for the release as well as a standard edition. They havent stopped there however as they are also releasing a Halo 3 special edition of their xbox 360 console, finished in the Spartan green and gold color combination, two special edition controllers and a wireless headset also skinned in green and gold. If youre planning to buy it all, youll need some deep pockets as the ultimate edition of the game -- the Legendary Edition -- will retail for $129.99 and the special edition console costs nearly $400.

Heres whats going to available later this month:

Halo 3 Legendary Edition - This edition will be released in limited quantities and each one will be numbered, but I havent seen any word on how many copies there will actually be so its hard to say whether you need to order it as quickly as possible or can wait a bit. If you are planning on getting this edition, it might be better safe than sorry to pre-order it.

The Legendary Edition of Halo 3 will come packaged inside a collectible Spartan Mjolnir Mark VI helmet case that is rather nifty looking and will look great on your desk or bookcase. In addition to the game, this edition also includes two other discs. The first showcases exclusive footage of the Bungie team and their behind the scenes process as they go about creating Halo 3. This disc also includes an HD Making of Halo 3 documentary as well as other featurettes on the design process. So its sort of like a dvd release with all the hot directors extras. In addition, theres the most unique aspect of the whole set -- an audio-visual calibration tool --which can be used to calibrate your home theater set-up to display the best audio and video for your game playing experience.

The second disc in the Legendary Edition includes the Bestiarum, a digital guide to the cultures, world and creatures of Halo 3; remastered material from previous editions of Halo featuring behind the scenes work at Bungie; exclusive Machinima content from the creators of "Red vs. blue" and "This Spartan Life; and a collection of storyboard art.

So if you are obsessed with Halo and its creative team, the Legendary Edition is the edition for you. Next up is the Limited Edition.

Halo 3 Limited Edition - This edition comes in a sleek metal case and includes the Bestiarum in a hard cover bound edition; a bonus behind the scenes disc, including the audio-visual calibration tool from the Legendary edition; storyboard art; and a special Halo fiction and art book.

Finally, there is the standard edition of Halo 3 which just contains the game itself.

For my money, the best value option is the Limited Edition. At only 10 dollars more than the game-only release, it includes lots of great bonus materials that are well worth the extra 10 dollars spent. The Legendary Edition of the game is nearly double the price and the big difference between the two special editions is the Helmet case. Of course, if you really fancy the helmet, the Legendary edition is obviously the way to go, but if you could not care less, pick the Limited Edition and spend the extra $60 dollars on buying another game for your xbox 360.

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