A closer look
Falling coconuts are statistically far more likely to cause human fatalities on tropical vacations than unprovoked shark attacks. The average coconut weighs roughly three pounds and falls from palm trees reaching up to one hundred feet tall, turning a delicious tropical fruit into a ballistic skull-crushing projectile of gravity. Despite this botanical threat, tourists willingly pay a premium to lay directly underneath these wooden bombs while frantically checking the ocean for a dorsal fin. We have successfully demonized an ancient, vital apex predator of the sea in Hollywood blockbusters, completely ignoring the fact that the actual murderous villain of your beach holiday is the primary ingredient in your overpriced piña colada
