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Florida had 18 unprovoked shark attacks with one fatality in 2005 according to the International Shark Attack File, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Considering the millions of people that visit our beaches every year, this is a very low statistical rate (of course not for those that were bit!).
