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Shark Extinction: The Shocking Truth

Ocean lovers everywhere, we are at crisis point. The top predator species in the food chain of our oceans is being hunted to extinction. Some shark specie populations are estimated to have declined by over 99% since the 1970′s!

The repercussions for marine eco-systems are dramatic and have devastating consequences down the food chain. To name but one example, species of Rays and Skates can explode leading in turn to the shocking decline of shellfish fisheries and a rapid reduction in water quality. And that’s just for starters!

BECOME AWARE! BECOME AWARE!

I.. I had no idea. ;_;

Something I have argued with people about before. It is truly devastating how much of our life on this planet depends on sharks to keep all the other sealife in order. When people ask why? Well, most of our oxygen on this planet doesn’t come from the trees in the Amazon… It comes from the plant life in the ocean… And what happens when your top predator stops keeping everything in line? Population explosion.. and they get hungry… and they eat….?

You do the math. :/ Sharks might be scary, but think of just how scary humans are too.. Shark fear and culture is harvested by the media on a very small number of species of sharks which have attacked humans. If sharks were coming and looking for us as a regular meal, there would thouands of them lined up at the beach on a daily basis waiting for some silly freshly fried human to fling themselves into the ocean, sans chips.

The number one reason for the decline in Hammerhead sharks? A very gentle species of shark? Shark Fin Soup. These animals are hauled on to ships, definned in a brutal manner and then thrown back into the ocean to drown. :( One boat, in one day can harvest up to 10,000 fins. :(

Change shark culture. Boycott Shark Fin Soup. Think about the future of the planet… They might not be cute and fluffy, but cows kill people too, you just don’t read it with a terrifying picture in the news.

Ahahahahaha… God I loved Whose Line. :)