Map: See where California shark attacks have been reported since 1950

Though white sharks attacked people twice in two months within the water off Pacific Grove’s Lovers Level, scientists say the world’s largest ‘macropredators’ don’t hunt people and in the event that they do chew they don’t eat their sufferer.

Alongside California’s greater than 800-mile-long coast, 204 shark incidents have been reported since 1950. Of these, 15 have been deadly assaults, all from white sharks.

The California Division of Fish and Wildlife’s first file of a demise was on Dec. 7, 1952 off Lovers Level when a 17-year-old boy was attacked. Extra just lately,

Surfer Ben Kelly was killed off Sand Greenback Seaside in Aptos when a younger grownup white shark, about 10 to 12 toes lengthy, bit into his leg in Might 2020. It was the primary shark-related demise in California since 2012.

Some research present the inhabitants of grownup white sharks is slowly rising alongside the Northern California coast, from simply over 200 to almost 300 within the final decade. Different scientists report much more and consider the overall inhabitants reaches upwards of three,000. However when, and the place they could assault stays a thriller.

Source: Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. |  Graphic by PAI/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP