[urgeok2]

Watched the movie Sharkwater yesterday - a powerful film about the plight of sharks.....made by a young man dedicated to saving them .. and in doing so - demonstrating how saving the shark is really saving ourselves.

I had no idea before seeing this movie :

1) sharks are endangered. because if the typical insane practices of the Chinese (mostly hong kong) sharkfin is an extremely valuable commodity.
Sharks are caught by the 10s of 1000s, killed for the fins and dumped back in the sea dead.

2) sharks are for the most part - not dangerous. they eat fish. they are built to eat fish .. they dont consider people food. most shark attacks are superficial (exploritory bites)

there were some crazy statistics - that they account for 5 deaths a year on average (more people get killed by pop machines)

this being said - of course there are less people in the water near sharks compared to the opportunitys other killers of the world (elephants and tigers) are provided ... but still ... its a small number and it's tough to argue with underwater footage of divers feeding and petting 6ft long sharks.

I think Vod mentioned some time ago the irrisponsible, uneducated behavior as a result of Jaws ... and its still happening. there's some guy in australia who's made it his life work to rid the oceans of the great whites - they're being hunted to extinction.


anyway - a tough film - but an extremely important film - i really encourage you to seek it out.


like i said in the last seen movie thread - even if only 5 - 10% of the information is true - its terrifying, and maddening.