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**cinggooft** · 09-21-2012, 05:43 PM

The island is in existence for a very long time but it was a part of Malaysia before 1965. The last fatality recorded according to that website was in 1954 when the island was a part of Malaysia. Shouldn't the fatality be recorded on Malaysia's account?

I am very doubtful of the legitimacy of the data presented. There is a lot of information missing from the site. How did they get the figures? What tools did they use for their research, if any was done? What is the number of shark attacks per year? All that we are given is the number of shark attacks from 1580 to 2007. We do not know if there is an upward trend or downward trend. Imho, it does not seem to be useful at all.

09-21-2012, 05:43 PM	#8
cinggooft Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 484 Senior Member	The island is in existence for a very long time but it was a part of Malaysia before 1965. The last fatality recorded according to that website was in 1954 when the island was a part of Malaysia. Shouldn't the fatality be recorded on Malaysia's account? I am very doubtful of the legitimacy of the data presented. There is a lot of information missing from the site. How did they get the figures? What tools did they use for their research, if any was done? What is the number of shark attacks per year? All that we are given is the number of shark attacks from 1580 to 2007. We do not know if there is an upward trend or downward trend. Imho, it does not seem to be useful at all.
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