South American & Caribbean Shark Attacks

The Caribbean has relatively few reports of shark attack attributed to it when compared to other locations of the same climate, Florida being the prime example. Language barriers and a universal acceptance of sharks as a way of sea faring life has undoubtedly led to a number of attacks being reported no further than the village or town where it occurred.
	Another point to take into account is that hundreds of small boats sink in the Caribbean each year, with many deaths accepted as drownings, when in reality a lot of these victims were probably taken by sharks.

South America (excluding Brazil) has had few reported incidences of attack, 16 in total , again possibly due to language barriers. Brazil is in contrast to the rest of South America, having seen fifty over the last decade and breaks the world trend for fatal attacks, increasing the rate from the average 15% to over 25%. The Caribbean fares even worse with approximately 42% of the 150 or so attacks proving fatal. To read of attacks in the Caribbean and others see Famous Attacks.

Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias	Profiles
Shortfin Mako - Isurus oxyrinchus	Profiles
Bull Shark - Carcharhinus leucas	Profiles
Copper Shark - Carcharhinus brachyurus	Profiles
Oceanic Whitetip Shark - Carcharhinus longimanus	Profiles
Silvertip Shark - Carcharhinus albimarginatus	Profiles
Galapagos Shark - Carcharhinus galapagensis	Profiles
Dusky Shark - Carcharhinus obscurus	Profiles
Tiger Shark - Galeocerdo cuvier	Profiles
Blue Shark - Prionace glauca	Profiles
Blacktip Shark - Carcharhinus limbatus	Profiles
Lemon Shark - Negaprion brevirostris	Profiles
Scalloped Hammerhead - Sphyrna lewini	Profiles
Great Hammerhead - Sphyrna mokarran	Profiles