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Catfish ideas?
On 15/05/2021 22:53, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 4:16:53 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote: >> On 15/05/2021 13:38, Gary wrote: >>> Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>>> A TV program on Nat Geo, To Catch a Smuggler showed some fins going >>>> through customs illegally. They can go for $500 a pound. >>> >>> I saw that episode. I also previously watched a documentary showing >>> asian fishermen harvesting those shark fins. >>> >>> They catch the sharks, cut off all the fins then toss the still alive >>> shark back into the ocean. Without their fins, they can't swim or hunt >>> so they sink to the bottom and just lay there until they die. >>> >> ====== >> >> That is appalling  (( I hope they suffer the same fate!!!> > Shark fin soup is not popular on this rock. The Hawaiians viewed sharks and other creatures as forms that their gods might take. They sometimes regarded sharks as a family god or the spirits of their ancestors that would appear to offer help or protection. Generally speaking, killing a shark was considered kapu. Killing and eating the spirit of your ancestors would be a very bad thing. ==== I can see that!! |
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