#Repost @monstersfilm with @get_repost ・・・ One of many newspaper clippings displayed in The Natal Sharks Board Museum, or 'Tribute to Terror Gallery' (as I call it) because it is designed to justify their ongoing slaughter of sea life by reminding people they should be scared of the ocean. The story in the photo says so much about our current approach to sharks. The man was "lucky", implying lucky to be alive or to have escaped. He was "attacked" although there was no injury (see link to article I found if you'd like to confirm no injury). The shark that was killed is referred to as the one "most likely" to have been the "attacker"...but hey, if it wasn't, it's cool to have killed any shark because hey, it's a shark, and all sharks are bad. When you're a shark you don't have to be guilty to face the death penalty and you don't have to have caused injury to deserve to die. There's potentially a interesting ecological story here as well. I'm not an ecologist, but what do you think? The shark killed was a mako shark. What are mako sharks known for? Their incredible speed in the open ocean, which allows them to chase down fast prey, such as a favorite of theirs, tuna. This guy's board was bitten WHILE he was kite surfing, which means he was racing across the surface at high speed. The bite mark is also on one of the board's fins (many ocean predators bite fins to disable their prey from escaping). So, this shark was attempting to fulfill an ecological role, bit the wrong thing by mistake, did not cause injury, but deserves to die for LIVING in an area we wanted to engage in recreation. Monsters...are they below the surface or above it? Link http://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/2001.10.07-vanBreda.pdf #monstersfilm #monsters #greatwhitelies #natalsharksboard #tributetoterror #fearsells #sharkfacts #oceanecology #makoshark #sharknets #durban #southafrica #skylerthomas #whitesharkvideo #wsv #sharkbite #fastshark
