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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 11:48:10 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
To: J Shepherd <jms@ho*.ed*.ac*.uk*>
Cc: Rick Fincher <rnf@sp*.tb*.co*>, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Electrical shark repulson, was: Scooters & Sharks

> 	Even more to the point, I hope, was the fact that more sharks
> are killed by the presence of these nets than people are. More people
> are killed by coconut related injuries every year than shark attacks.
> Ref the geology dept. Edinburgh University. Odd things they do in
> there...

My favorite is that your probability of getting killed at a British 
Football (Soccer to us Yanks) game is a couple of orders of magnitute 
greater than by shark. In light of recent news reports, I imagine the 
difference is several more orders of magnitude.

Rich

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