Volcanoes are not dangerous. Most eruptions don't kill very many people. Volcano's killed several

people last year, but many years they don't kill anybody. The median annual death rate for volcanoes

is minuscule. And even if you include the biggest eruptions in history, unspeakable tragedies,

killing tens of thousands of people, and then you calculate a yearly mean around

that, including those, as some scientists have, you get a background volcano death rate of about

540 people annually, globally.

Which is to say that even taking the mean, even including the worst volcano eruptions in history,

like the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, killed over 36,000 people, just the worst of the

worst. Even then, the annual volcano death rate is a small fraction of the daily death rate

from mosquito-borne diseases or automobiles or cancer

or anything actually dangerous.

So, sure, volcanoes aren't dangerous.

But that feels like a weird thing to say, doesn't it?

Because we all know that encountering a volcano under certain

conditions promises one of the most horrific and inescapable deaths available in a human life.

And today I'm going to talk about an animal who isn't dangerous in the exact same way.

The Great White Shark.

Carcoradon Carcarius.

I'm Mackin.

This is species.

Folks, thank you for your patience and understanding.

Really, you've been wonderful. I'm running my first scientific study at the moment. I moved to Australia 16 days ago, and I just started a PhD. So I have been very busy. But you guys are my home base. This audience is extremely important to me. And I'm so grateful for your support over the past five years. So, of course, I am making the time when I can.

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