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On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:12:10 +0000, Richard Casady wrote:


I read that coconuts kill more people than sharks. Hundreds per year.

I think that's a fable to illustrate the rarity of sharks killing
people.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...lling-coconuts

There may actually be that many. Fishing guide I used in Tortuguero, Costa
Rica almost had the son die from coconut bonk. Only reason the kid
survived, is they had enough money to air evacuate to a good hospital in San
Jose. He said they are quite a few injuries from falling coconuts. We
witnessed a couple different conocuts falling from trees, so extrapolated to
the major coconut growing regions, there is a good chance that 150 are
killed.