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Weeping Shark

31August2012

Why is this shark crying?

Is it because 51% of Americans suffer Galeophobia? I confess that I am one of them. I know exactly when it started, too. When I was a little girl my family lived in Northern California. One afternoon, we were enjoying a picnic at a lagoon when I overheard the adults talking about a news report of a surfboard with a massive piece missing having washed up on the shore. My dad explained it was from was a shark bite. “The shark didn’t want to eat the person on the board,” my dad explained. “The shark was confused; it likely thought the surfer was a sea elephant, its actual food: sharks don’t like the taste of people.” He demonstrated how a sea elephant looks swimming and I processed how this could make a surfer appear to be a prized “win” hunt for a shark. Shortly thereafter, we moved to Florida. Unlike the 38% of those terrified of sharks, I gleefully swim in the Atlantic Ocean every summer, even knowing that there are sharks swimming around me. However, when enjoying the sun on the west coast, I smile and wave from the shore at friends splashing in the Pacific. This may seem silly; but, I have never seen a surfboard on the shores of Broward County with a bite missing.

And, I do know sharks are out there. Arial footage captured along South Florida’s shoreline show sharks swim around people in the ocean.

And I know Florida sharks bite just like California sharks to. I don’t have to consult the map to know that where I snorkel there is a chance of being nipped by a shark; sharks live in the ocean and I’m effectively Goldilocks every time I go for a dip - visiting their house without knocking.

Despite our lack of manners (visits to a domicile without an invitation then complaints about treatment from the resident), sharks are no real threat to humans. A person has about a 1 in 11.5 million chance of being attacked by a shark and the odds of actually dying from a shark attack are 1 in 250 million. Shark advocates work hard to assuage human fears of death from shark bites, contextualizing it. A person is “far more likely to die choking on dinner or from falling out of bed” says Elite Daily, and One Green Planet points out that a person has a greater chance of being struck by lightening than being attacked by a shark. In 2015, there were more deaths resulting from taking selfies than from shark attacks. But still, the historic perception is steadfast that sharks are just waiting in the water to “get us”.

Shall we listen to Bobby Darin while we read a little Lord Douglas?

Art may be a healthy way to release our fears. But addressing and dealing with the root of the fear is both relevant and essential. Fear is typically the byproduct of irrational thinking, a fine blend of educational deficiency and--in the case of sharks--irresponsible marketing by the media that solidifies misconceptions.

Find solace, dear shark. Despite numerous films that seem to reflect we think the worst of your kind, I can’t believe people want to believe the. The best of us are curious, interested to understand. This is why many people are keeping an eye on the countdown clock to Shark Week on Discovery, a televised sharkfest that airs in July. For those who can’t wait, Shark Project is one of many online entities dedicated to inform people about sharks, and address the role of the media in propelling human fear of Selachimorpha of the Elasmobranchii (doesn’t that title make the shark sound like a contender for The Iron Throne HBO has yet to introduce?). There are advocates, so why the tears, Sharky?

Perhaps the cry is mournful, weeping for centuries of slaughter of its kin. That’s fair. While humans have no valid reason to fear sharks, sharks do have every reason to be terrified of us. In a single year, it’s estimated around 100 million sharks — between six to eight percent of the world’s total shark population — are killed by humans as a consequence of commercial fishing.

I would imagine that I am like most Americans and first learned of shark fin soup, the culinary dish for which sharks are typically harvested, from the 1985 comedy Clue, inspired by the Hasbro board game. At dinner, Mrs. Peacock shares that the soup they are eating is her “favorite recipe” which is later revealed to be shark fin soup.

Shark fin soup was created by a Chinese emperor as a demonstration of power, affluence, and a show of generosity towards guests. Recently, Gordon Ramsay traveled to examined both the taste and contemporary rationale for shark fin soup. From his assessment--which I trust because I’ve seen him spit out food he deems inedible on Hell’s Kitchen--the meat doesn’t taste like much. While he admits the broth is delicious “it could have anything in there”.

Just as there are movements to end harvesting elephant tusks for their ivory--the most creative being the one where the tusks are dyed pink, so is there an outcry to cease collecting sharks for their fins. This activism seems to be working. Sales of shark fins are sharply declining. Those afraid they might miss out if internet petitions make the difference in ending shark fining can enjoy Chef Peter Pahk‘s sustainable Faux Shark Fin Soup recipe that Blake Stilwell agrees is “better than the real thing”.

Dry your tears, sweet shark. We got your back. Your kind will soon cease being hunted and more and more of every day people understand you are just here to coexist, not to kill us: Homo sapiens are slowly following in your footsteps (finsteps?).