Sup,
I loved Jaws growing up, although it made swimming a little less fun. Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw were magnificent as Chief Brody, Biologist, Matt Hooper, and Badass Shark Hunter, Sam Quint, respectively. The movie seemed so real, but my mom assured me it was fiction, which I paid no attention to ‘cuz I knew great whites existed, and it could happen. Then, I road the Jaws ride at Universal Studios, and it all made sense – Jaws is fake. All was right in the universe.
And then I read this:
Authorities issued a catch-to-kill order to destroy a rogue shark after an American diver was killed Saturday off the coast of Western Australia.
The 32-year-old man, who was six months into a working visa in the country, was struck by the predator around 1:30 p.m. local time while diving alone on the northwest of Rottnest Island, PerthNow reported.
Two of his friends aboard a private boat watched in horror as a “flurry of bubbles” developed in the water before the body surfaced with “obvious traumatic fatal injuries,” Western Australia Police Sgt. Gerry Cassidy said.
Distraught, they made a desperate emergency services call after retrieving the man’s body from the water and witnessing a shark, which they described as a 9.8-foot great white.
The death was the third shark killing in seven weeks, and the fourth in 14 months, prompting Fisheries Minister Norman Moore to issue the first order in the state’s history for his officers to trap and kill the beast in a bid to protect public safety.
“It’s a cloudy old day today which is the same as we had the other day with Cottesloe, and they’re the conditions that sharks love,” Cassidy said.
The “third attack in seven weeks”, and now there’s a “catch-to-kill order” issued? Since when do we need a three strikes and your out rule for shark attacks? Hey, I’m not trying to sound racist, but, you know how they say “black folks can’t swim”? It’s more like “black folks don’t swim…….in shark-infested waters when conditions are perfect for a GWFF(Great White Feeding Frenzy)”. Give me a f*cking break. The joy of diving can’t be that serious! At least wait ’til it’s sunny and bright before doing something stupid like diving in shark-infested waters! Pretty sure it’s safe to say none of the 3 victims were a brotha or a sista!