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This Single Brazilian Beach Accounts for Nearly Half of All the Shark Attacks In South America

Recife, Brazil, is where almost half of all the recorded shark attacks in South America. National Geographic tries (and fails) to figure out why.

Recife, Brazil accounts for nearly 50 percent of all recorded shark attacks in South America. It’s been a problem for decades, and it seems there isn’t one single reason to point to as an explanation. National Geographic recently explored a few possible reasons in an effort to figure out what’s happening—but be warned, they give no answers.

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