The beautiful and harmless great hammerhead! Despite growing to the same length as the great white as well as being listed as one of the 10 most dangerous sharks, there are absolutely now records of them ever attacking a human! An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year, 73 million of which are killed for shark fin soup. A popular dish which is a ‘symbol of status’ in Chinese culture, the fin itself has very little flavour and contrary to the myth that it has nutritional value, shark fins have mercury levels up to 42 times higher than the safe limit. And the sharks are sometimes discarded back to the ocean, still alive but without their fins, unable to swim and leaving them to drown to the bottom of the ocean where they die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators. The amount of ignorance and cruelty in how we treat these animals for something so pointless is so baffling, they even face extinction because of us and without them the oceans would lose a significant apex predator that would drastically affect the entire marine ecosystem. -NOT even considering the guilt that we all share as human beings for the abhorrent inhumane treatment of fellow living things that we share this planet with! Best immediate way to save sharks here in the US...Support Oceanas Shark Fin Trade Ban! https://www.change.org/p/congress-ban-the-trade-of-shark-fins-in-the-u-s @jim_abernethy #stopsharkfinning #conservation #savethesharks #savetheoceans #ecoceanic #racingextinction https://www.instagram.com/p/BnmZ7MchSjU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7g5fhn3ghi2f

The beautiful and harmless great hammerhead! Despite growing to the same length as the great white as well as being listed as one of the 10 most dangerous sharks, there are absolutely now records of them ever attacking a human! An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year, 73 million of which are killed for shark fin soup. A popular dish which is a ‘symbol of status’ in Chinese culture, the fin itself has very little flavour and contrary to the myth that it has nutritional value, shark fins have mercury levels up to 42 times higher than the safe limit. And the sharks are sometimes discarded back to the ocean, still alive but without their fins, unable to swim and leaving them to drown to the bottom of the ocean where they die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators. The amount of ignorance and cruelty in how we treat these animals for something so pointless is so baffling, they even face extinction because of us and without them the oceans would lose a significant apex predator that would drastically affect the entire marine ecosystem. -NOT even considering the guilt that we all share as human beings for the abhorrent inhumane treatment of fellow living things that we share this planet with! @jim_abernethy #stopsharkfinning #conservation #savethesharks #savetheoceans #ecoceanic #racingextinction (at Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures & Marine Life Art Gallery)

⚡The EU knows who the real killer is! 🇪🇺 The European Union has voted to say goodbye to single-use plastic straws, balloons, cotton buds and cutlery. Single-use plastic items such as straws, forks and knives as well as cotton buds will be banned in the European Union by 2021 following a vote by EU lawmakers as the bloc pushes manufacturers to step up their recycling efforts. 🙌🏼 The European Parliament on Wednesday voted 560 to 35 in favour of banning 10 single-use plasticsincluding plates, balloon sticks, food and beverage containers made of expanded polystyrene and all products made of oxo-degradable plastic. These are the 10 most found items on EU beaches. 👏💙🌞🌿🐢💥👏🐳🐟🐠🐬🦈🦆👏 #eubanssingleuseplastic #singleuseplastic #plasticfreeeu #protectwhatyoulove #ecoceanic https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvp_LgylNYB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=116mfuh5mkjfb

#Repost @ecoceanic with @get_repost ・・・ .. And it's as simple as that. Change starts with YOU and pollution can end with U! 😄 Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. 👆 TAP IMAGE TO SHOP NOW TO ✔Reduce ➕Refuse ➕Reuse ➕Recycle ✔ I sometimes think about pollution and waste and how ignorant some humans are 🤔 What intelligent specie would destroy their own environment? Ignorance is only 'bliss' for the ignorant. It certainly isn't 'bliss' for the environment where ignorance dwells ☠☡🌍⚡ #ecoceanic #protectwhatyoulove #chosetoreuse #saynotoplastics graphics @seatacean https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs04TwHhy05/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dry5uuue4g3f

The beautiful and harmless great hammerhead! Despite growing to the same length as the great white as well as being listed as one of the 10 most dangerous sharks, there are absolutely now records of them ever attacking a human! An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year, 73 million of which are killed for shark fin soup. A popular dish which is a ‘symbol of status’ in Chinese culture, the fin itself has very little flavour and contrary to the myth that it has no nutritional value, shark fins have mercury levels up to 42 times higher than the safe limit. And the sharks are sometimes discarded back to the ocean, still alive but without their fins, unable to swim and leaving them to drown to the bottom of the ocean where they die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators. The amount of ignorance and cruelty in how we treat these animals for something so pointless is so baffling, they even face extinction because of us and without them the oceans would lose a significant apex predator that would drastically affect the entire marine ecosystem. -NOT even considering the guilt that we all share as human beings for the abhorrent inhumane treatment of fellow living things that we share this planet with! Best immediate way to save sharks here in the US...Support Oceanas Shark Fin Trade Ban! https://www.change.org/p/congress-ban-the-trade-of-shark-fins-in-the-u-s @jim_abernethy #stopsharkfinning #conservation #savethesharks #savetheoceans #ecoceanic #racingextinction (at Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures & Marine Life Art Gallery)

#Repost @oceanicpreservationsociety (@get_repost) ・・・ In honor of #FanArtFriday and #FridayThe13th we chose to highlight this eye-opening piece from @s4ving_. Remember to tag us in your #ARTivism for a chance to be featured. ・・・ An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year, 73 million of which are killed for shark fin soup. A popular dish which is a ‘symbol of status’ in Chinese culture, the fin itself has very little flavour and contrary to the myth that it has nutritional value, shark fins have mercury levels up to 42 times higher than the safe limit. And the sharks are sometimes discarded back to the ocean, still alive but without their fins, unable to swim and leaving them to drown to the bottom of the ocean where they die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators. The amount of ignorance and cruelty in how we treat these animals for something so pointless is so baffling, they even face extinction because of us and without them the oceans would lose a significant apex predator that would drastically affect the entire marine ecosystem. -NOT even considering the guilt that we all share as human beings for the abhorrent inhumane treatment of fellow living things that we share this planet with- Drawing by the awesome @sharktopia_cc #stopsharkfinning #conservation #savethesharks #savetheoceans #ecoceanic #racingextinction

Also stop selling shark fetus as cute little gifts!!!! #saveoursharks #sharkfinsoupisacrime #Repost @oceanicpreservationsociety (@get_repost) ・・・ In honor of #FanArtFriday and #FridayThe13th we chose to highlight this eye-opening piece from @s4ving_. Remember to tag us in your #ARTivism for a chance to be featured. ・・・ An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year, 73 million of which are killed for shark fin soup. A popular dish which is a ‘symbol of status’ in Chinese culture, the fin itself has very little flavour and contrary to the myth that it has nutritional value, shark fins have mercury levels up to 42 times higher than the safe limit. And the sharks are sometimes discarded back to the ocean, still alive but without their fins, unable to swim and leaving them to drown to the bottom of the ocean where they die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators. The amount of ignorance and cruelty in how we treat these animals for something so pointless is so baffling, they even face extinction because of us and without them the oceans would lose a significant apex predator that would drastically affect the entire marine ecosystem. -NOT even considering the guilt that we all share as human beings for the abhorrent inhumane treatment of fellow living things that we share this planet with- #stopsharkfinning #conservation #savethesharks #savetheoceans #ecoceanic #racingextinction