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Endangered Sharks

July 15th 2009 10:51

Around the world many shark species are being hunted to extinction, mainly for their fins to make soup. Thanks to the guardian.co.uk, here are some pictures representing the most endangered shark species and some of the reasons why. Read more here.

Shark-fin soup being served at a wedding banquet in Hong Kong. The taste for shark fins is driving some of the ocean's most ancient creatures to the brink of extinction, and in the process upsetting the balance of marine ecosystems.

A smooth hammerhead shark (Sphyrna zygaena) caught in a fishing net. The IUCN classes the smooth hammerhead as 'globally vulnerable to extinction'.

The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is classed as 'globally vulnerable to extinction' in the IUCN's new red list of oceanic shark species.

Great white shark – now classed as "globally vulnerable to extinction" by the IUCN.

Dead sharks lie on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The sharks were caught, stripped of their fins for shark-fin soup, then thrown back into the water.

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Comment by James Rickard

July 16th 2009 02:41

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I had to bookmark the link and will get back to it when I have time to do it justice. I'm glad someone else is blowing the bugle for a change. I think sharks are so misunderstood because we're an apex predator is so is the shark. BUT all you have to do is look at that shot of all the dead sharks as a result of shark fin soup, and you know who the real monster is.

Comment by Anonymous

November 15th 2009 19:59

i have never tried shark soup before. i don't think i want to. I'm not sure if it's legal to kill sharks in the US. But anyway, i think this is wrong and just sick.

Comment by Anonymous

January 4th 2011 23:18

People who do this are just doing it for living but, why can't they just fish for other fish and not sharks!

JAWS LIES!

Comment by ThexxxAnime

February 5th 2011 04:47

Your text goes hereYour text goes hereYour text goes here I Think Sharks Are Friends, Not Food -.-"

Comment by Anonymous

February 20th 2011 18:51

If sharks were friends. They wouldn't try and eat us. Instead of trying to stop it all. Maybe they should try to slow down the consumption rate and that way the sharks can reproduce and they won't be extinct.

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