Corey Bradshaw (Kaurna Land)
ASID: the Australian #Shark-Incident Database https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01453-9 #sharkbite #sharkattack #requin #tiburón #squalo #hai
The Australian Shark-Incident Database for quantifying temporal and spatial patterns of shark-human conflict - Scientific Data

Measurement(s) Shark bite incidents Technology Type(s) survey Factor Type(s) none Sample Characteristic - Organism Elasmobranchii Sample Characteristic - Environment ocean Sample Characteristic - Location Australia

Nature
Jul 8, 2023 at 10:41amWeb
Show threadCorey Bradshaw (Kaurna Land)Jul 8, 2023
Most shark bites on humans in Australia happen during the day, not at at dawn, dusk, or during the night
Show threadCorey Bradshaw (Kaurna Land)Jul 8, 2023
Most human fatalities from #sharkbites in Australia arise from bites on the torso, not the head, legs, or arms
Show threadMike FowlerJul 8, 2023
@conservbytes apologies for stating the obvious, but how much does this just reflect the temporal peak of: number of humans in the water?
Show threadCorey Bradshaw (Kaurna Land)Jul 9, 2023
@theorecol It probably mostly does, but we have no good national-scale data on water-use trends (hard to believe, I know)