These 10 Things Are Deadlier Than Sharks

When it comes to capturing the imagination, sharks are right up there with dinosaurs--it's why Shark Week is practically a federal holiday (or more precisely, a week of programming on the Discovery Channel). But when it comes to being eaten by one, you're roughly as likely to die in the jaws of a shark as you are in those of a T-Rex.

Between 2005 and 2014, only six people were killed by sharks in the United States, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.