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Sharks have a pretty bad rep for being sharp-toothed sea creatures with stalker-like tendencies who, OK yeah, sometimes munch on people’s limbs.

But at least they have one thing going for them: they’re not as deadly as an insidious thing we’re all guilty of doing from time-to-time: flipping our phones around to take selfies galore.

Believe it or not, 12 people have died from selfie-related incidents so far in 2015. By contrast, only eight have been killed at the hands (or jaws, more accurately) of sharks.

Of course, the direct causes of selfie-related fatalities are a mixed bag of weirdness, but Mashable claims most are caused by people falling. Last year alone, we saw incidents involving a couple falling off a cliff, someone being trampled by a bull and a man posing for a selfie with a gun. And in the most recent case, a 66-year-old Japanese tourist fell down some stairs at the Taj Mahal while attempting to take a selfie last week.

As we’ve seen before, people will do seemingly anything to take a viral-worthy selfie, and we get it — you want to show off to your friends and rack up plenty of “likes” on Instagram. But this latest study proves pic-taking behavior’s gotten plain dangerous, so take our advice and think before you selfie.