Shark Expert Why Reunion Island Is A Hotbed For Shark Attacks

When asked just how risky it is to swim or surf near Réunion, Duane tells Grunge that, like many things, it’s all relative. “Statistics are a funny thing,” the podcast host continues. The chance of a surfer being bitten by a shark in California, for example, is around one in 17 million, as the podcast host goes on to note (via Shark Stewards). Based on those odds, there’s next to no shark-attack risk in the waters off California, “But we’re still plenty scared out here,” Duane says. 

On Réunion Island, where Duane’s podcast takes place — and where most shark attacks in the Réunion area come from bull sharks, Duane adds, “Or, as the French call them, ‘les bulldogues,”’ or bulldog sharks, Duane says — those same odds are calculated at one in 100. That still might not sound like much, he admits. “If you heard ‘one in a hundred’ without context, you might think, ‘Hey, that’s not so bad,'” Duane says. But, if you hear it next to the California number, you might think, ‘Okay, now that’s really bad,’ he continues.

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