In the United States, your chances of being killed by lightning are 30 times greater than being attacked by a shark. Bites or stings from bees, wasps and snakes kill more people each year than do sharks. Most dangerous No, not the lawyers. More fearsome are the tiger, bull, hammerhead and the great white shark. Tiger sharks prowl close to shore and swim along reefs and in bays and river mouths in warm waters around the world.
Hammerheads are the easiest to identify, with their peculiar hammer-shaped snout.
Bull sharks can live in fresh8 water lakes and warm coastal waters, like those off Florida. The bull shark swims up rivers, and can roam the Mississippi as far north as Illinois. The great white The villain of Jaws fame, the great white shark remains synonymous with terror. At least among people who swim in the ocean. Known as the world s largest predatory fish, female white sharks can grow almost 20 feet long.