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Man swims 62 miles around Martha’s Vineyard to press for protections for sharks (www.theguardian.com)
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Jaws was filmed on island in 1975, stoking fears of marine animal that swimmer Lewis Pugh is now trying to protect

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

More people die from housecats every year than sharks

And that's like 3-5 purr year

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Cat scratch fever! And I mean Bartonella henselae, not the Ted Nugent song or the 2011 film by Lisa Duva.

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

More people are killed by their spouse than cats and sharks combined so make marriages illegal?