Do you know how many people around the world die by falling coconuts?

Question

Yet, howcome we did not declare war on coconuts or coconut trees?

Answer 1

Not only do they reach speeds of 15m/sec (50 ft/sec) but they weigh up to five pounds (~2 kg) because they have that triangular-shaped  husk on them when they are on (or just off) the trees.  They shake the ground when they land!  WHUMP!

Answer 2

That is EXACTLY what I've been asking myself latley.

Stupid coconut trees....

Answer 3

George Burgess, an employee of Florida's Museum of Natural History, claims that there is approximately a 15x greater chance of being killed by a falling coconut than bitten by a shark.  According to Dr. Peter Barss, 150 people are killed each year by falling coconuts.  There is no documentation to support either claim,  however.

I don't think we should declare war upon the coconut trees; there is no proof that they harbor weapons of life's destruction.  There is only hearsay, conjecture and assumptions perhaps prompted by undisclosed motives.

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Answer 4

No, but very few die.

Answer 5

COCONUTS apparently kill around 150 people every year. Falling from a height of 80 feet, they can build up an impact speed of 50 mph.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/30/...

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Answer 6

Aproximately 15 billion people are killed each year by fallin' coconuts.  Wait...that doesn't work.  There are only 6 billion people here.  Aw...forget I even answered this.

Answer 7

because the power of the Coconut Media hides this dirty little secret fromt he world, in concert with the Coconut Lobby