Sharks or Vending Machines: Which is Deadlier?

[Ichingcarpenter]

The odds a person will die from a vending machine accident in a year are 1 in 112,000,000, while the odds that a person will die from a shark attack in a year are 1 in 251,800,000. This means that a person is more than twice as likely to be killed tipping a soda machine than to end up as food for a large toothy fish.

Admittedly these are both rare occurrences, but in the United States 2-3 people per year die as a result of being crushed by vending machines. It’s common, on the other hand, to have a year with no recorded fatal shark attacks in the US.

A friendly Saint Bernard running into you at full tilt or an angry Pomeranian can pose more of a threat than either vending machines or sharks. The odds a person will die from being bitten or struck by a dog in a year are 1 in 9,356,000, roughly 12 times the odds of being killed by a vending machine and 27 times more likely than meeting your end in the jaws of a shark.

Vending machines dispense injury and death when rocked or tilted by frustrated customers or overzealous cheapskates trying to score a freebie.
Sharks do not normally hunt humans for food; most attacks are exploratory bites. But no doubt that’s small comfort to anyone who’s been bitten.
http://www.bookofodds.com/Accidents-Death/Accidental-Deaths/Articles/A0007-Sharks-or-Vending-Machines-Which-is-Deadlier

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Well, I guess that means no more sodas for me. :(

And I dog-sit for a Pomeranian. :scared: ;)

[NoPasaran]

2. Kind of makes me wonder

How many people are killed or injured in cow-tipping accidents.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. I am waiting to hear about the guy

Killed by a shark that came from a Vending machine..

:hide:

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Don't get Shark Fin Soup from a Vending Machine nor Restaurant

Shark Fin Soup is endangering sharks world wide

Each year 100 million sharks are caught to meet the demand for shark fin soup in Asia. Despite surviving the earths history of mass extinctions, sharks could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed.

Destruction of shark populations is a major problem for oceanic ecosystems, and all life on earth, as 70% of our oxygen comes from life in the seas. Stewarts journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the worlds sharks into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.


Documentary here


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vog3z1NsMYU&feature=player_embedded