Congrats to Penny Palfrey, her coaches, and support crew on her incredible swim!!! I was following it last night online!:applaud::bow: Steve Mullatones who taught our OW Swim Clinic at SwimFest last month was right there with her as well!
www.compasscayman.com/.../
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Morality and ethics aside this "shark control" was a bad idea.First the shark is distracted by bloody chum,then it is caught on a hook and line so that it thrashes around in distress,which excites more predators,then it is killed with a machete,increasing the amount of blood in the water.
That's what I thought, too. If the shark originally was not interested in the swimmer or in eating at that moment (it may have been enjoying itself and humming some songs on its journey :D), this whole manipulation and provocation could change its peaceful mood. Suppose Mr. Ebanks missed killing it, the shark may then come back with a suddenly increased appetite and eat the swimmer.
www.adventure-journal.com/.../
From this article:
'The director of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, said, “Given the importance of sharks as a top-level predator in the marine environment, the DoE would have preferred to have seen this incident handled differently.”'
Looks like even Mr. Ebanks' relative disagrees with him. :cool:
Morality and ethics aside this "shark control" was a bad idea.First the shark is distracted by bloody chum,then it is caught on a hook and line so that it thrashes around in distress,which excites more predators,then it is killed with a machete,increasing the amount of blood in the water.
That's what I thought, too. If the shark originally was not interested in the swimmer or in eating at that moment (it may have been enjoying itself and humming some songs on its journey :D), this whole manipulation and provocation could change its peaceful mood. Suppose Mr. Ebanks missed killing it, the shark may then come back with a suddenly increased appetite and eat the swimmer.
www.adventure-journal.com/.../
From this article:
'The director of the Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, said, “Given the importance of sharks as a top-level predator in the marine environment, the DoE would have preferred to have seen this incident handled differently.”'
Looks like even Mr. Ebanks' relative disagrees with him. :cool:
