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C-sections and sharks

Loyal listeners Charles and Lucy emailed asking us how many women in China give birth in hospitals, and whether it was true 50% of births there are delivered by caesarean section.

Loyal listeners Charles and Lucy emailed us wondering if we could look into how many women in China give birth in hospitals, and whether it was true that 50% of births there are delivered by caesarean section. Oh, and we also mention guts and bacteria…

Sharks kill 12 humans a year but humans kill 11,417 sharks an hour. That’s the statistic used in a Facebook meme that’s doing the rounds. Is it true? Boris Worm, Professor of Marine Conservation and Biology at Dalhousie University reveals all.

(Great white shark, Neptune Islands, South Australia. Credit: Brad Leue/Getty Images

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Tue 7 Jan 2020 03:50GMT
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