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Selfies have killed more people than sharks this year!

Selfie-related accidents have killed more people than sharks in 2015!
Posted by: admin , September 25, 2015
  • According to Mashable – selfies have caused more deaths than sharks this year!
  • It’s reported that in 2015, there have been 12 selfie-related deaths compared to 8 shark-related deaths.
  • The alarming fact was highlighted by the recent death of a Japanese tourist who died of a heart attack when he fell down a staircase while trying to take a selfie at the Taj Mahal.
  • Other deaths have been caused by people falling off cliffs, being hit by trains and even shooting themselves while posing with guns.
  • George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History says the shark-related deaths may in fact only be 6, given that there is some question over whether one the other deaths were provoked (the diver was carrying a bag of scallops) or even caused by sharks at all (a body was recovered with shark wounds, although it is not known when they were inflicted).
  • It seems the Russian Interior Ministry was not far off the mark when they launched an information campaign to teach people how to take safe selfies.

Read more:

http://mashable.com/2015/09/21/selfie-deaths/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/selfie-deaths-shark-attacks_5602c0c5e4b0fde8b0d09cbe?section=australia&adsSiteOverride=au

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/09/23/people-died-selfies-shark-attacks/72682068/

http://www.sciencealert.com/selfies-have-killed-more-people-than-sharks-this-year-reports-show

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Tags: 2015, deaths, george burgess, mashable, russian interior ministry, selfie, selfie-related, selfies have caused more deaths, shark attacks, sharks, taj mahal

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