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The Beach: Home to sunbathing, relaxation and the occasional limb severing life-ending experience. Thats right, each year ocean bound beach bums face the increasing possibility of finding themselves face to face with natures alpha predator, the great white shark. The fear of sharks, or galeophobia, is justifiable. Growing upwards of 15ft long the average great white weighs in at 5,000 pounds, half a ton more then the average car. These Killing Machines are streamlined swimmers with powerful tails that propel them through the water at speeds of up to 15mph. Their mouths are lined with up to 300 razor sharp serrated teeth, otherwise know as 300 reasons to stay the hell out of the ocean. In 2011 there were approximately 75 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, with 29 of these attacks recorded in the United States. Global shark-attack fatalities reached 16%, doubling the fatalities in 2010. Although galeophobia is quite common, statistically speaking the chances of being attacked by a shark are 1 in 11.5 million. It is more likely to be killed by a dog, snake, or deer, 3 times as likely to drown at the beach, and 30 times more likely to be struck be lighting, what a shocker. Still not convinced? The chances of being killed by a shark are so small that in a 10-year period more people were killed in tragic sandcastle accidents then by a shark attack. In an 18 year period more people were killed in fatal vending machine accidents then by sharks, were was Dr. Pepper when we needed him? Next time you are frolicking in the ocean, you feel a sudden sharp pain, and notice a pool of blood emerging in the water around you, know that you are statistically one of the luckiest people in the world, you have just become shark bait.