Reports of possible meter long shark spotted in golden coast beach, reports currently on in chinese
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/compone...1-20200602.htm
Reports of possible meter long shark spotted in golden coast beach, reports currently on in chinese
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/compone...1-20200602.htm
ooooh, a one meter long fish. scary stuffthat due to the sight of a one-metre-long large fish, the red flag has now been hoisted
https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/clpss/en/web...ls.do?id=14825
could be the blacktip reef shark, not deadly though however, they do occasionally attack humansOriginal Post Deleted
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktip_reef_shark
Thanks for posting this.. I assumed the worst when I saw my interweb feeds.
From all the frenzy... I thought it was Mr Jaws with freekin laser beams attached to it.
they pulled a juvenile bull shark out of the water on that side of the territory a few years back.
Given the woeful state of wildlife knowledge in this city (a couple mistook a little leopard cat for a tiger a little while ago while hiking), I hope for the shark's sake it swims away. Otherwise its gonna turned into shark fin's soup or something. Apparently, locals here don't realize that of the hundreds of shark species in this world, only a relatively few are known to attack and eat humans regularly (i.e. the most dangerous are oceanic whitetip shark, tiger shark, bull shark and of course the great white shark).
Besides, a meter long shark is really not a threat to humans. In fact it might even be a good sign for local waters improving in terms of having more fishes. After all, most sharks only swim in areas with sufficient fish stock.
Last edited by Coolboy; 02-06-2020 at 03:32 PM.
That's correct actually. That might explain the seemingly over-reaction that locals have for sharks. For a time in the early 90's, HK was considered the most dangerous place on Earth for shark attacks, with a spate of fatal attacks between 1991 and 1995. It was only with the introduction of shark nets around gazetted beaches that stopped the attacks. The culprit is suspected to be a tiger shark (or sharks):
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/trave...-citys-history
It has to be said though, most of those attacks in the 90's occurred early in the morning or at twilight, when visibility was poor and sharks were prone to patrol closer to the shores. Few happened during mid-day or afternoon.
Besides, as the article says, these attacks should not obscure the fact that we humans have killed far more sharks than sharks have killed humans. And the indiscriminate slaughtering of sharks for shark fin soup (a lot of which went to HK) has contributed to the decline of many shark species. And like I said, most locals are pretty ignorant of sharks. Quite a few sharks are actually small and is an indication of an improving marine ecosystem. Anything to make locals more educated on them is a good thing.
Last edited by Coolboy; 02-06-2020 at 03:39 PM.