Mad as a Marine Biologist

High-res voiceoftheocean: For the price of $13.99 you can own a dead baby shark in a jar. These “cute” little fellows are available tourist shops down in Myrtle Beach, SC. You can also purchase baby alligator heads, alligator feet, and shark jaws in various sizes.   All that potential predatorness wasted. Do you know what species they are? Do you have the names/ addresses of these shops? Could write them letters educating them on the consequences of exploiting the babies of a k-selected apex predator. It may not be much but they would no longer have the excuse of ignorance. Remember to be polite, unemotional and factually correct.  Check out the tone in some letters my friend & environmental advocate Anna Oposa has sent in the past re: shark’s fin soup:- http://www.scribd.com/doc/59844501/Shark-s-Fin-Soup-in-Gloria-Maris http://www.scribd.com/doc/59844503/Shark-s-Fin-Soup-in-Passion-Resorts-World If they are already selling sharks, they won’t care if your heart is breaking at seeing these beautiful creatures in a jar. Give them tangible facts, and realistic scenarios. Something they can relate to. 

voiceoftheocean:

For the price of $13.99 you can own a dead baby shark in a jar. These “cute” little fellows are available tourist shops down in Myrtle Beach, SC. You can also purchase baby alligator heads, alligator feet, and shark jaws in various sizes.  

All that potential predatorness wasted. Do you know what species they are? Do you have the names/ addresses of these shops? Could write them letters educating them on the consequences of exploiting the babies of a k-selected apex predator. It may not be much but they would no longer have the excuse of ignorance. Remember to be polite, unemotional and factually correct. 

Check out the tone in some letters my friend & environmental advocate Anna Oposa has sent in the past re: shark’s fin soup:-

http://www.scribd.com/doc/59844501/Shark-s-Fin-Soup-in-Gloria-Maris

http://www.scribd.com/doc/59844503/Shark-s-Fin-Soup-in-Passion-Resorts-World

If they are already selling sharks, they won’t care if your heart is breaking at seeing these beautiful creatures in a jar. Give them tangible facts, and realistic scenarios. Something they can relate to. 

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    There was a place in Hawaii I went once as a child that was playing the IMAX of The Living Sea. But sure enough in the...
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    Why are people so cruel?! ;(
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    Fe en la humanidad: se fue a la mierda.
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    It’s disgusting D:
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    Devon said that they had these in Hilton Head. I have a shark in a jar.. because I dissected a shark years ago and she...
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    what the fuck?
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    Those sick disturbing assholes.
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    Sam, as usual, is right. You don’t change a thing with emotion. You change with compelling arguments and...
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    Stfu man, why the hell are we killing chickens, cows, and shit? like come on
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    sharks dont kill us for “souvenirs” motherfckers
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    i know we don’t want sharks killing our people on the beach but doesn’t mean we gotta be killing em and taxidermizing...
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