When Uruguay takes the rake this weekend against Colombia in the World Cup , they will do it without star onwards Luis Suarez . Why ? BecauseFIFA banned himfor four months from so much as stepping pes inside a bowl for seize with teeth Italy ’s Giorgio Chiellini . On design . While playing association football . Seriously . To make matters forged , this was n’t even his first offense . This was n’t even hissecondoffense . This is seriously the third clip that Suarez , who also meet for Liverpool , has bite an opponent during a match .

Ian Steadmanfrom New Statesmen got curious about the sheer betting odds of the danger an opponent has of being bitten by Suarez , and how it equate , say , to the betting odds of getting bitten by a shark .

Since 2005 , Suarez has played in 441 elderly peer for Uruguay ’s national team and various clubs . feign 11 start player and 3 substitutions per game , 6,160 players have gone up against Suarez and have been at risk of getting bit . That puts the betting odds Suarez biting an opponent right around 1 in 2,000 . The betting odds of getting killed by a shark while swim in the ocean?1 in 3.7 million .

However , the numbers get a little closer if you consider the betting odds of getting bite by a shark , even just nip at . At New Smyrna Beach , Florida , regard as the shark onslaught capital of the public , the odds of getting nibble by a shark if the 22,464 residents go swim just once per year are 1 in 2,808 on a slow year or 1 in 800 during a book class . Overall , it average out out about 1 in 2,000 , just like Suarez . Realistically , the odds may be lower as many people in all likelihood go swimming more than once per year .

Even still , the odds of getting bitten by Suarez during a match are still higher than being struck by lightning ( 1 in 10,000 ) , getting in an plane clangor ( 1 in 11 million ) , or getting murdered in the Americas ( 1 in 6,100 ) . However , Suarez is n’t nearly as dangerous as Mike Tyson . The odds of getting bit during a boxing match against Iron Mike is 1 in 50 .

[ Hat tip : Ian Steadman , New Statesman ]