Why more extreme rain could mean more shark bites 26.9%
Scientific American - By Sam Nichols - 7/8/2026, 10:30 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 26.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 23.9% - Confirmation Bias 17.5%
In the space of just 48 hours this past January, four people were bitten by sharks along Australia’s east coast, with a 12-year-old boy dying from his injuries. Just one day prior, record-setting rain soaked the region. That sequence of events may not have been a coincidence: a growing body of research suggests that shark bites, though... more