People are apparently risking their lives to get more likes on Instagram — so much so that taking selfies is now considered a deadly activity. Mashable reports that more people have died this year from taking selfies than from being attacked by sharks.

Around the world, 12 people have died while trying to take a selfie, while eight have died from shark attacks. Of course, both of these numbers are minuscule—26 people have died from being struck by lightning just in 2015—but selfie deaths are preventable. Lightning strikes and shark attacks, less so.

So how are people dying while taking selfies. By Mashable's count, four died from falling, and some were hit or injured by trains. Plus, one man was gored to death while taking a selfie at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, and one woman who died in a car accident was taking selfies before the crash.

Taking risky selfies is becoming such a problem that one Colorado park had to completely shut down because people were taking selfies with bears close by. According to Reuters, governments around the world are issuing PSAs warning people about the risks of taking adventurous selfies. "A cool selfie could cost you your life," a Russian campaign warns. 

Then again, not taking that selfie could cost you some valuable likes on Instagram. There are always pros and cons to anything.

From: Seventeen