Mystery of great white sharks 'disappearing' from Cape Town coast - BBC News

[@thepvporg]

Its not a mystery, its the Chinese fishing boats, they strip the sea of all life...

[@nmuchanyuka]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😭😭😭💯💯🤣🤣😂💯💯💯

[@simonmorris4226]

We have the same problem in the U.K. with EU fishing boats!

[@billy.7113]

If that is true, you better watch out. CCP will after you when sharks are gone.

[@christineknight7299]

Thought it was the Main fishing industry, which most certainly Isn't "Chinese".

[@christineknight7299]

@@simonmorris4226 LIAR. They Paid for Those Fishing rights To Fish. Reapply for Furlough and Go back on the sofa!

[@nicevideomancanada]

I was going to say Chinese Fishing, but everyone else beat me to it.

[@edmundblackadder2741]

Shark fin soup is a horror and a cruelty against the animal kingdom that cannot be ignored

[@bihexmor5069]

@@edmundblackadder2741 yes! exactly

[@randymagnum8721]

No one beat you to it because everyone needs to say it.

[@gm836]

None of these animals can get a break from Chinese medicine.

[@billwilson3665]

Is any part of the great white believed to enlarge the penis?

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

I would start looking for them in freezers of Chinese fishing boats

[@misterbig9025]

They only take the fins. Bodies then dumped into the sea.

[@bootsandall3612]

Yes. Attracting sharks to boats for the pleasure of cage diving has negative effects the researchers and operators won't tell you about. If a shark is conditioned with food to come up to boats, they will be targeted by " other" operators.

[@ojlbrickwork8092]

My thoughts exactly

[@vonclod123]

You will only find the fins, they cut them off the still live shark, then throw it back in to suffer and die, there is no such thing as morals with them.

[@utharkruna1116]

Yep.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

So it's the 25 million Australians and a few fish and chips meals that are to blame and not the fish diet of 1.4 BILLION CHINESE? South Africa is deeply in debt to China and are certainly not going to blame them or stop them from overfishing.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

The debt is a rip off, they build roads, and charge them for the roads they need to use to take out their resources.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

@@a.j.atkinsonart1082 Wouldn't tuna be great if it was sold fresh only, and wash stuffed in tins in mass production? It probably would last longer!

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@@a.j.atkinsonart1082 - I'm afraid I don't know enough about that particular situation to comment. Overfishing is however a serious issue and fish do need to replenish, especially Bluefin Tuna. Not every one that talks about sustainability is a "wokey snowflake."

[@jimleane7578]

@@DavidJohnson-dc8lu I miss my safcol cans of southern blue fin. Call me fussy but yellow fin tastes like chewing on tin foil. I'd rather go without.

[@deservingcomplexionm8111]

You know fish is also eaten out of China. Quite a lot at that. You just letting your hate for China mix in with rational thinking. The logical answer is the fact that the rest of the world stills sees Africa as nothing but a landmass of resources

[@terintiaflavius3349]

It's not a mystery. The chinese eat them.

[@edmundblackadder2741]

Watch Gordon Ramsey do an investigation on shark fin soup, it’s horrific they cut the fins off the shark when it’s still alive and just throw it back in the ocean.

[@warrenbennett1863]

The Chinese eat anything.

[@edmundblackadder2741]

@Luci Phene in times of famine they did 😂

[@Chuckerson100]

Chinese ran out of bats.

[@obiden3322]

You cannot criticise China on You Tube or the BBC I am reporting you for misinformation the lack of sharks is obviously climate change we need to pay more carbon tax

[@andyc3088]

Fish and chips in Australia how about shark fin soup in China???

[@jimleane7578]

May those responsible suffer mercury poisoning. Meanwhile I will enjoy local king George with my chips.. on occasion.

[@warrenbennett1863]

Don’t tell me the Australians are causing the extinction of the humble spud too? My money’s on the Chinese. Our fault for exporting our manufacturing industries to you know where.

[@Z3N1T4]

This is why the West is declining. For sure China is also responsible but it's an undeniable fact that shark was the most widely sold fish and chips in Australia. They even rebranded it as "Flake" to sell more.

[@jimleane7578]

@@Z3N1T4 also unscrupulously sold

[@jimleane7578]

@@Z3N1T4 sold as hake and butter fish. Sad but true. You're spot on Zenith

[@philipberry6477]

Fish and chip shops in Australia? Delusional.

[@Z3N1T4]

It's a fact that's not opinion. You can't tell other people not to do something you are doing yourself doesn't matter your population size.

[@almister]

Why they eat that shite anyway,they’re not even English.

[@timinfinite]

@paul marcel I think the person in the video was referring to smaller fish that make up the sharks diet being used in fish and chips. But I do agree with most of the other comments here that there is a way bigger problem of shark fin soup being the diet of possibly billions of people in China and they could be targeting the sharks directly instead of indirectly

[@bryan_garrick_little]

It’s called flake in Aus and it’s the smaller sharks that the white sharks eat that are being removed, if you follow this story a number of prominent journalists have written about it .

[@hanoitripper1809]

@paul marcel the bays and oceans are full of all kinds of sharks in Oz.. no need to go elsewhere its a comical suggestion

[@cantthinkofaname172]

When your currency is tied in with the yuan so we just blame killer whales for the kidnapping.

[@OmarApps1]

I was about to ask if any Chinese or Japanese fishing vessels in the area

[@melzer1377]

But it's the chinese that eat sharks fin.

[@cantthinkofaname172]

@@melzer1377 smart guy.

[@keithkolusus3561]

@@cantthinkofaname172 and yen is not the currency of china smart guy

[@kylewilliams4398]

@@keithkolusus3561 it’s Renminbi 🤗

[@claudiaribeiro1602]

I saw a great white jumping out of the water (breaching) close to Betty’s Bay area on Jan 24 of 2021. At a very unusual time of the day around 11:30 am. And it was close to the shore as well. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life 🤗

[@AngelShona1]

Perhaps it was being chased by Megladon ?

[@baller-fk5ng]

How could you see a great white if people are saying they haven’t been in the area for almost two years?

[@krihogen]

@@baller-fk5ng there are still great whites around, there are all these bays around, I have been in Gansbaai twice over the last 2 years and only saw 1 juvenile great white but that was very rare. But went on a day trip in Mosselbaai and there I saw about 5 great whites. Gansbaai was famous for its white sharks tours, so they are suffering a lot. Now I hear Mosselbaai are having problems too. :(

[@baller-fk5ng]

@@krihogen that’s really sad. I always thought Cape Twon had a very healthy great white population especially by seal island. It was always a bucket list for me to cage dive in Cape Town and see a great white. You think that’s still possible? To be able to see a great white while diving in Cape Town?

[@krihogen]

@@baller-fk5ng I don't think it is impossible but chances are slim. Like I said , I was there in oktober 2019 and saw 5 great whites on my day trip but was lucky. I will always have a special place in my heart for Cape Town but at this point you have more chances in Guadalupe or Australia (if this Virus goes away) Hope you get to do the bucket list. I had to cancel my 4th trip to Aussie because of the virus last year. Hope I can make it this year but not getting my hopes up :( I just hope that Cape Town can recover and sharks will come back there.

[@clebmedia]

I knew it was fish and chips from Australia that was to blame!!

[@vory1770]

@Earl Jones true

[@shaneetsaha1176]

Fish and Chips are from Uk and you know in fish and chips the fish is actually salmon 🍣

[@sueneilson896]

The guy blaming Australian fish and chip eaters has no idea what he is talking about.

[@leopardlover8530]

I'm very happy to find that one light hearted comment among heated arguments

[@bargepoled]

@@shaneetsaha1176 the fish in UK fish and chips isn't salmon. Try deep frying salmon and see what happens. It falls apart. The fish in UK fish and chips is cod, haddock or hake. Salmon! 😂😂😂😂

[@eljanrimsa5843]

South African fishermen: catch small sharks to sell as fish & chips in Australia Great White sharks: swim to Australia to eat the people who eat their fish

[@aon10003]

Circle of life.

[@nat0106951]

This is what I am thinking

[@cantthinkofaname172]

You could be on to something there hmmm.

[@makmaraku485]

2 White shark attacks here in New Zealand this summer sadly one of them fatal. Also White shark sightings are unusually high this season.

[@santyclause8034]

Fish and Chips are eaten in the UK too. Aussie Fish 'n Chips shops serve fish caught locally. I suspect its the same in the UK. The only imported fishmeat to see here is sold frozen, at Supermarkets. What we do see is foreign imports passed off as local product, eg. Tiger Prawns. Aussie stock is exported wholesale, and distributors sold asian imported product here at aussie Tiger Prawn prices (its a premium product). The substituted prawns looked more like shrimp. There's more than one racket going on, I suspect.

[@davidryan5482]

I’m Australian and can’t remember the last time I ate fish chips. What a moronic statement.

[@KingPete1st]

I'm South African and I apologise on his behalf for his stupidity.

[@richardlang8083]

Don’t blame Australia, talk about miss informed, Chinese shark fin soup

[@simon8089]

Yeah, it’s clear as day the Aussies have over fished their own waters and that’s why there are zero sharks there🤥.......wtf

[@pineapplesideways3820]

We can't afford Australian fish because of the government, sure would love to eat are own fish I hate kiwi and south African fish I hate the people too they sound the same

[@kitaleigh588]

@@pineapplesideways3820 up yours mate. us south africans are lekker!

[@mcfcDJ51]

@@pineapplesideways3820 wow you sound as ignorant as they come

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Humans: drive orca to desperation Whales: devastate other species instead of starvinf Humans: surprised pikachu

[@elykspuz6596]

You missed the part where there's more than one species of orca and these ones hunt sharks?

[@elykspuz6596]

@Franz I think they're talking about people trophy hunting great whites.

[@gvibration1]

@Cant Believe China's feeding 1.3b. They're not sending fishing boats all around the world for fun.

[@gvibration1]

@Simon Slayton If there's money in it, they don't have to be forced. Unlikely to have large scale effect like the massive commercial fishing. Australia and N.Z. have had big increases in GWS no.s and human fatalities.

[@gvibration1]

@Simon Slayton Humans near the ocean have always eaten from the sea. South Africans haven't taken up GWS as a particular delicacy.

[@mifuerzamorales]

*The only predator is the human being ...*

[@aon10003]

Its Nice to see that you havet learned any thing. Keep up The good work.

[@simonmorris4226]

Modify that to the only APEX predator is the human being and you are much more correct.

[@stevo3938]

Said the human being

[@amzwl1671]

Test

[@courtneyholder3400]

True. We are the APEX predators. We waste so much animal meat in stores a day, or in our households. We have cleared the lands, and the seas of it's wildlife and natural habitats. These whales were probably forced away from their homes from overfishing from some culprit.

[@nikkijackson2981]

Floppy dorsal fin in orcas is a sign of bad health/depression. If you watch Blackfish on Netflix all the orca in captivity had flopped over dorsal fins

[@dave6148]

Why would this happen to wild orca's?

[@rustrider7836]

This aint about orcas but great white shark

[@dave6148]

...and!?!

[@nikkijackson2981]

Dave this can happen only very rarely in the wild to the best of my knowledge. Unless these were captive release. Rusty old pal, orcas are within the content of this film. True the main subject matter is the disappearance of the great white from such said area.. but my observations are not altogether entirely irrelevant by any means. So not sure what you're getting at.

[@dave6148]

I'm really captivated by orca's and it just seems sad to see that ps- really enjoyed the footage of the New Zealand woman swimming with orca's. Awesome.

[@Seax135]

to meet the demand of fish and chips in Australia BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA what a comment

[@Seax135]

@Asturias A media puppet if i ever saw one

[@bryan_garrick_little]

Don’t be too hasty to laugh it off , there’s a number of investigations that show this is exactly what is happening

[@Seax135]

@@bryan_garrick_little that is what IS funny , media and hysteria, proof is required before making such claims

[@Seax135]

@@bryan_garrick_little Australia’s seafood imports largely consist of lower-value products such as frozen fillets, frozen prawns and canned fish. ሲ Imported products, predominantly from Thailand, New Zealand, Vietnam and China, meet Australian consumers’ demand for low-cost seafood products. www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/fisheries/aus-seafood-trade.pdf

[@taniamans2026]

Swimming nets and over fishing by Chinese fishing boats

[@hamidijafri]

yes tania, blame it all to the chinese. Do you have proof?. Don't be a Donald Trump copy cat. At least Trump is original and predictable.

[@Kisyfurr]

@@hamidijafri wake up, China has a fishing fleet of around 17000 ships. The CCP say they only have 2500. Just because you hate trump, it doesn't mean china are good.

[@CaptainAnalKryptonite]

@@hamidijafri China’s national fishing fleet have consistently fished illegally wherever they can. They literally had a 400 strong fishing fleet decimating the pristine untouched waters around the Galápagos Islands not so long ago. China is responsible for a lot of destruction that has happened on this planet

[@festekosky]

No swimming nets in Cape Town

[@baller-fk5ng]

There are no swimming nets in Cape Town. That’s the reason there are shark spotters because there are no nets

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

Chinese Fishing Militia w/ "Coast Guard" escort: Woah that's too bad...

[@goonervillegonad3662]

I like the mans optimism at the end. It was reassuring.

[@AGDinCA]

The most intriguing part of this video is the pair of orcas, BOTH of whom have fully collapsed dorsal fins. It is exceptionally rare to find one wild orca with such a fin, but two? And neither appear to be due to injury.. Very interesting!

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Usually the dorsal fins collapse like that in captivity or under extreme stress. I think the climate and currents are changing - the sharks probably just moved on to wherever the going is good or at least a bit better... it seems most animals will experience hardship during this period of adjustment - none more so than humans, evidently!

[@AGDinCA]

@@dannyboywhaa3146 If that's true, then we should be seeing more wild orcas with collapsed dorsals. I was actually thinking that these two might be young, related males, perhaps recently jettisoned from their initial pod. A collapsed dorsal fin might also have a genetic cause, indicating that these two orcas are related.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

@@AGDinCA well... I think we are... it used to be very unusual and only ever witnessed in captivity. I don’t know about a genetic link to collapsed dorsal fins - sounds a bit spurious at best tbh!

[@phishENchimps]

Sharks also hate Orcas. the sound of them in their hunting areas causes them to dissipate.

[@AGDinCA]

@@dannyboywhaa3146 Whatever the case, it's intriguing, don't you think? I am so curious!! Nature is full of fun surprises for us. 😁

[@hmq9052]

"I count them. And zen I stab them" "And you've been doing this for seven years?" "Yes" I think we may have found the problem

[@SANewscom]

It is a third world socialist hellhole, what you expect?

[@lenka156]

Best comment ever!

[@Wodens-Wolf]

Stop the chinese and Japanese fishing boats finning the sharks and these majestic creatures will return if we're not to late.

[@moonhunter9993]

trur

[@jameskhan1320]

Bat stir fry anyone?

[@mictianfollower2644]

@@jameskhan1320 i prefer raw 😂

[@lemmino1846]

Imagine blaming 2 or 3 orca whales are to blame and not thousands of fishing vessels South African and foreign fishing boats.

[@froglobster]

Yeah blame whales 🤣

[@Wrioncnkiye]

While overfishing and pollutions are the underlying factors, there is a reason why scientists seem to believe that the immediate cause is related to the coming of the orcas. In fact, the sudden disappearance of the Great White is often related to orca killings one or two great whites. The great white are super sensitive; they can smell the blood of their peers. Even if there is only a great white killed by an orca, the whole population would be gone for at least 3-5 years before ever considering coming back, as happened elsewhere (e.g. US, Australia, etc). It depends on the existence of predators, food, mating possibilities, water current and temperature, human interference etc. Having said that, unless humankind drastically changes our behaviours and fishing patterns, and unless we adopt drastic measures against the climate change, it is possible that the great white would be gone forever within the next few decades.

[@lemmino1846]

@@Wrioncnkiye were totally screwed, realistically until the entire globe is (will ever be) first world and governments act with transparency. Nothing will change, people have such short intention spams remember use metal straws to save the whale? Well now people use single use n95 masks instead of reusable ones. And when it comes to fishing no one cares because they view the ocean as their own personal dumpling ground yet also eat from it.

[@pakde8002]

I'm sure getting speared on a regular basis doesn't have anything to do with it.

[@LuisTorres-mz8bf]

That part had me feeling WEIRD. I'm all for research, but I imagined being a shark and getting STABBED like that and... No

[@agnoleke]

@@LuisTorres-mz8bf That rod penetrates about 2cm into his skin ... hardly feels it. And it forsure wont be life threatining for the shark.

[@bootsandall3612]

@@agnoleke says the shark with a hole in it. We have caught a shark that was tagged. The wound around the tag was black 5 cm across. The tag was unreadable.

[@agnoleke]

@@bootsandall3612 This wasnt a tag ... and you can visually observe that rod , its not 5 cm across.

[@bootsandall3612]

@@agnoleke I agree. The point I am trying to make is that researchers get away with anything. Just look at a tracking device around an elephant or lion neck. I asked on more then one occasion what the percentage recovered tags is in relation with the amount of fish tagged. I am still waiting for an answer.

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

Any Chinese fishing fleets in the area?

[@guff9567]

Clearly the answer.

[@Paulinthewyld]

He makes it sound like if you go to Australia and order fish and chips you'll be served a small shark species...

[@keeganbulter4686]

I'm mean yeah if you order flake, I only order flake

[@Z3N1T4]

You will they rebranded it as "Flake" to trick customers. It was the most commonly sold type of fish and chips for a long time (and probably still is)

[@keeganbulter4686]

@@Z3N1T4 Pretty sure flake being shark is common knowledge

[@hanoitripper1809]

@@Z3N1T4 only a moron would be ‘tricked’... bet u didnt know 🤣

[@captainchokdee1039]

Come to Australia. The damn things are everywhere nowadays so please come & take them back...

[@Nollaig81]

We are lucky to have them.

[@Nollaig81]

@boonie_MTB What do ya do though? I'm not gonna not surf because there is sharks. We know the risks and we respect the inhabitants of our playground. Everyone in Cape Town isn't happy about them losing their great whites, hopefully it doesn't happen here.

[@santyclause8034]

Great Whites are rare here too. Most shark attacks are Bronze whalers and Tiger sharks these days. People die from bleeding out with gaping lacerations and portions of a limb missing etc. A Great White attack might seperate a human torso into missing halves in seconds, they can be phenomenally big fish.

[@FarmerTed]

Being an international airline pilot and flying constantly across the sea and specifically the pacific, I can tell you Chinese fishing vessels are everywhere and shark finning is rampant, overfishing is rampant and many islands I fly to complain about Chinese boats invading their waters and overfishing. So.....it’s the Australian’s fault??? That’s BS we know who’s doing it!

[@rottweilerfun9520]

You are right , the Chinese are wiping out the Oceans.

[@followveganismforahealthyl2790]

Cape Town is a wonderful city,cape of Good Hope,Cape Penguins,Table Mountains and cruise from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean ,the vineyards makes it a memorable experience.

[@followveganismforahealthyl2790]

Cape Merlot is too good.

[@thomjanson9644]

I’d say the Asian fishing boats have a lot to do with this and the oceans depleting fish stocks. It’s also interesting and worth noting great white shark numbers have tripled in Australia and California.. record numbers.. and great whites from South Africa have been recorded travelling between Australia and South Africa on many occasions.. maybe they are immigrating like all the white things in Africa!

[@ringoinah]

* colonizing

[@adiossoulboy]

You mean Chinese 🤔

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

No seals in sight. So yeah, look for another seal colony and there's your shark.

[@nikkivens9812]

I know everyone here is saying China is the reason but I'd like to just point out the stark alternative that China is the reason.

[@jbtownsend9535]

On the other side of the coin and in light of new information there is also the somewhat counterintuitive and unpopular viewpoint that the real culprit is in all likelihood China and/or Chinese fishing.

[@j.b.7525]

@@jbtownsend9535 The comments section always delivers.....

[@angrybrit7331]

The bottom will have lots of skeletons. they fin them and drop them .

[@robbymystic3819]

uh... sharks don't have a skeleton...

[@angrybrit7331]

@@robbymystic3819 yes they certainly do 😕

[@The-Opium-Den]

@@angrybrit7331 I think he meant to say that sharks don't have BONY skeletons. Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which is much more flexible than bone. Such a skeleton makes it easy for sharks to execute sharp turns a fish with a bony skeleton cannot perform. The downside to this is that their skeletons are devilishly hard to preserve hence why we usually only have shark teeth, which is the only bony part a shark has.

[@angrybrit7331]

@@The-Opium-Den oh i get you lol yes but it appears the same as bone on the ocean floor ✌

[@The-Opium-Den]

@@angrybrit7331 True, but unlike whale bones they won't stay intact for long barring the possibility of a shark carcass falling into a toxic residue that somehow preserves it.

[@davidblissett5315]

LOL!!! They Keep stabbing the Sharks to take "Samples", and then ask "Where are all the Sharks". Stop stabbing the Sharks for your own vanity and they might just stay!!!

[@changbeerbeer]

When one species goes, it always affects another, who knows the knock-on effect. Human's as a whole, not just individual countries need to take serious actions to preserve this world quickly. We have an amazing world, such a shame we only attempt to live correct when we've already broken something!

[@Seibuhjira06]

Not only humans, but most likely Orcas, Orca whales are known for hunting down sharks, even known for taking down larger cetaceans and killing other marine animals as well for food or even protection towards it's young.

[@reneesantiago6496]

Yes, humans are always the evil ones 🙄🙄🙄

[@australian8579]

Fish and chips in Australia.. Most of our fish shops in Australia sell us nothing but crap Basa from Vietnam.

[@markwillies4330]

Couldn't they politely ask to swab the sharks cheek gently instead of harpooning them.Little wonder they've buggered off.

[@froglobster]

Yeah let’s stab it with a 4 inch nail and shout like it’s time to celebrate

[@bodhranlowd]

If top predators are most vulnerable to food shortages and polutions, why are those orcas happy to be at that location? They would even feed on great white sharks.

[@77thracebaitingbrigade36]

Is prince andrew still in hiding?

[@garethhanby]

You think he is with the great whites?

[@Coquillages]

Do you think he might be in Bin Laden's cave?

[@stevo3938]

Fuck Prince Andrew

[@rory9533]

He’s probably at Epstein’s island

[@Vgang101]

Sharks: eats what available to them in their environment. Humans: eats what’s in the shark’s environment unnecessarily instead of sticking to their own. Also humans: Sharks are disappearing, there must be something we can do! Also humans: I want fish & chips or else I’ll cry

[@journeyintococo6996]

Look no further than Chi... ...oh... ...yeah, what everyone else is saying.

[@danieltolson5341]

There’s a Mayor in Amity Island, NY who wants some orcas now.

[@granville7]

not any orca pod will do. you need orcas specialised in great white sharks. most orcas are interested in other prey like penguins, sea lions, tunas or whales. maybe if he puts an ad out he might catch the interest of a vagabond orca pod if his offer is enticing enough. maybe spice it up with generous retirement perks?^^

[@Involution88]

@@granville7 Take another look at their dorsal fins. I'm willing to speculate they were trained in captivity.

[@MrTigerlore]

To orcas, the whole ocean is shark fin soup.

[@Carlos-pu8fu]

Just to add a bit of balance to this discussion, particularly on the subject of sharks coming in close and interacting with beachgoers, it is interesting no one mentions that there were no shark issues in Cape Town prior to their appearance in 2010. Well at least I can vouch for that back to the late 60's. As I recall there were only two attacks, one in Buffels Bay Cape Point, and one at 4th Beach Clifton (which was very unusual being the Atlantic ocean). Prior to that I can't find any evidence there were issues with sharks. Most certainly the Muizenberg beach scene way back in the 40's and 50's had no issues. The recent spate of close in sightings lasted only 6 years - which was more an aberation than the norm. Maybe rather than question why the sharks have left, question why they appeared out of the blue in the first place.

[@mictianfollower2644]

Chinese eat everything that move

[@Irelandrbi]

In 2019 we did a shark dive and were fortunate to see one large White. The captain claims it’s the orcas killing them for their livers.

[@darrylroberts9979]

What about the raw sewage seeping into False Bay from the Strand. Surely this has some impact on the sharks.

[@nicevideomancanada]

what sharks lol

[@dawsie]

I live in Australia and I have not seen shark in the fish and chip shop for years, we have many choices but flake is not on the list. I found it insulting that blaming Australians for eating shark, we have enough sharks around us in our own waters to chose from as it is.

[@markx4106]

Fish & chips in Australia ... really, what evidence was that statement made on? Or this just to throw us off the Chinese over fishing all over the world.

[@Ryukai-san]

The only reason an Orca's dorsal fin flops over is when they've been kept in captivity or were born into captivity.

[@Ryukai-san]

@@Shawn-ts4jw Just looked it up and yeah, that's true, (Personally I've only ever heard of captive Orca's showing it until I did) but it is exceedingly rare. Strange that both of them show it.

[@Martial-Mat]

Maybe it's all the marine biologists stabbing the poor things?

[@thegreat0220]

@Alex Williams it is *Africa

[@STIR-FRIED-SUBWAY-RAT]

Lot of Shark activity near Caribbean rn on the atlantic side. Less tourists and large cruise ships are letting the fish return to warmer waters... It's beautiful, the fish, stingrays, dolphins and sharks are back.

[@stevenjohnson979]

Even the sharks want to leave Cape Town for Australia.

[@Sharkman_07]

Please don’t tell me that Air Jaws will disappear for forever

[@DIAMONDSPATCHsince]

Screw this...I blame the Chinese

[@willothewisps.7539]

It would be a mixture.- The orcas 100% contribute. The fishing of their food sources 100% contribute. Fishing of the sharks themselves. Definitely possible contribution. And yes - CLIMATE and other natural and unnatural changes.- Cough humans cough.

[@BC-ef8vu]

Solved: They are hiding in fin soup

[@riyaazuchihalouw2561]

Yet I've seen one last week on Thursday between Fish Hoek and Simons Town.

[@redroutemaster]

What a mess we are making, us the ‘intelligent’ life form...such arrogance.

[@simonmorris4226]

Overfishing of fish which are much lower down the food chain would be my guess!

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

Overfishing the ocean is dying

[@aflynch]

The orcas are overfishing, how can we stop them??

[@jaybell1390]

Maybe they Swam Into Freezers thinking it was an Ocean Spa! 🍸🦈

[@Dreyno]

It’s a trap. They’re just waiting until everyone thinks it’s safe..........

[@tomfowler5581]

This is how Sharknado becomes reality

[@warbledurbler7905]

I'm Australian and can barely even remember the last time I ate great white shark from South Africa. We mainly eat endangered Rhino's and baby otter's these days

[@lemmino1846]

Are you dribbler? The over fishing of South African waters to feed the demand for fish eg Australian fish and chips is causing food scarcity for the sharks.

[@warbledurbler7905]

@@lemmino1846 "Are you dribbler?"- I'm not sure what that means. They may be overfished but I'm pretty sure Australia isn't the culprit there

[@lemmino1846]

@@warbledurbler7905 Australia is just an example I’m sure every country in the west and South African neighbours are also to blame.

[@0825411237]

Flake and chips mate. That type of shark is food for great whites. It's a big demand right now in Australia

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Aussies eat drop Koalas .

[@thewolf2838]

Finally some news that ain't covid related.

[@reefer674]

It is, china made covid, and china is the reason that gws are dissappearing, those bat eaters

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

BBC still had to slip in Climate change propagander.

[@mingkingmed]

@@reefer674 your comment sounds big time RACIST and IGNORANCE

[@antpoop2404]

hard to find right? media is owned by 6 companies. look it up.

[@firstlast7099]

It’s like cookies missing the Cookie Monster.

[@beasthundred4709]

Plot twist : I farted inside water there

[@cherylsibson8457]

So the few who visited Cape Town to go see the Great White Shark to get up close and personal I hear nothing from them, and the silence is deafening, very tragic for the sea life and what are the consequences of what happens below, is affected by above.

[@billmaddoggates8267]

I imagine a world where we will be eating Gates branded fish fingers, first I will buy out Birdseye, then I will remonopolies the whole sea food industry. 🙂

[@Against_my_odds]

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[@downtownjb100]

Oh shut the fuck up

[@billmaddoggates8267]

@@downtownjb100 Oooh, feisty one you are. 😯

[@oliversparks1459]

@@billmaddoggates8267 Boring Me Thinks

[@billmaddoggates8267]

@Murray David That's a bit rich coming from a 77th brigade clown. 😂

[@999135f8]

They all migrated to Cape Cod Massachusetts. In the past 10 years we have had more great white shark sightings around the cape than all recorded history

[@dawwilliams8024]

The Asharkteid era has well and truly begun.

[@scienceworld7373]

Please select Faye D' Souza mam Sarah Jacob mam Anchal Vohra mam Ankita Mukherjee mam Peenaz Tyagi mam Naina Yadav mam and Aditi Tyagi mam

[@ferdnando8403]

They are probably migrating to s tome and principe like before

[@bluefluke7585]

I heard or read somewhere that a similar thing happened around the Farallon Islands.

[@lcferrferr6811]

"over exploit" ... classic South African idiom

[@Bokfanlettucelip]

Actually according to Oxford dictionary: over-exploitation noun the action or fact of making excessive use of a resource. "the crisis was caused by the over-exploitation of fish stocks"

[@Bokfanlettucelip]

My brethren are guilty of many sins against the English language. This isn't one of them.

[@MySkillie]

Dear all, it is no mystery; it simply is the city's continual dumping of sewer waste into the sea. That's all.

[@markkruda3834]

Go for a swim out deep. They're still there. You'll see them soon enough

[@kevint8448]

There's 1 in DOWNING ST.

[@cct7558]

Plastic...the worst invention to pollute this formerly beautiful planet.

[@Stevexnycautomotive]

Plastic save life's. People are the sharks

[@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1]

Mass production of pointless plastic products and poor waste management is what to blame, not plastic per se. There's biodegradable plastic as well. And many countries that hasn't got any real issues with plastic pollution/usage.

[@guff9567]

Bloody moaners. Quick, hurry up, Greta is calling you.

[@siam9914]

k noob

[@meaghancote-mcauley79]

I know there all were I live now by the thousand. It's kinda ironic that they disappeared from cape Town Africa and now are at Cape Cod Ma.

[@mostafizkazol7267]

Right dear

[@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS]

They all left across the Atlantic to the Chesapeake Bay.

[@3rdrock]

I hope you're right mate. Otherwise they're coming here to Western Australia.

[@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS]

@@3rdrock , I wont scuba dive around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Islands anymore. For the last five or more years Harbor seals have been coming down from up north in the winter months, something they never did before. With them come the sharks. More and more are spotted all the time, some of reportedly record breaking sizes have been seen from the bridge by police and maintenance personel. Some Unbelieveable or false identification reportedly near 80 to 100 foot in length....lol.

[@3rdrock]

@@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS Haha that's some big sharks. Our sharks tend to follow the humpback whales but not always. I don't know if anybody fully understands their behaviour yet.

[@SIC-SEMPER-TYRANNIS]

@@3rdrock , People swear to it like bigfoot sightings...HaHa! On a serious note, People really have no idea, and old photos of a German Uboat that was sunk showed a shark bite, or something around the Hull of the vessel.....

[@joemaniery1014]

You would think they would include the topic of seals in this video. Is the seals population still huge on the island? I live near cape cod and we have a large population of great whites now due to the seals arriving

[@hlaluminiumengineering4292]

Not the only whites leaving SA...........

[@guff9567]

Good riddance to bad racist rubbish.

[@antpoop2404]

@@guff9567 enjoy poverty for your descendants just like Zimbabwe

[@pinkwelly7908]

Zero mention of the pollution being pumped into the bay. Very disappointing report

[@hermajestysconvidpolice9322]

They all went to the Sharka Khan concert.

[@diparhoads]

They moved to The Monterey Bay in California. We have a huge new amount of them living here and making babies here.

[@billmaddoggates8267]

Fact - If you get eaten by a shark, they will put covid on your death certificate. 🙂

[@mikey3666]

Fact - This account is a bot or a Boomer with too much free time commenting on KZbin comments trying to argue.

[@billmaddoggates8267]

@@mikey3666 False

[@billmaddoggates8267]

@@mikey3666 Fact - Lorne M Is just one of many goverment troll accounts. 🙂

[@mikey3666]

@@billmaddoggates8267 False

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Convid and shark attack show the same symptons at death.

[@greatwhiteadams]

I was devastated to have travelled to Cape Town 2 years ago with the intent of diving with thw white sharks and not being able to see them. 19 hours flight there and back for nothing. However, Cape Town was beautiful and I would love to go again just for that.

[@terra7066]

The price of Shark fins has been dropping in the Chinese Market , the BBC knows it and so do all this "environmentalists".

[@randymagnum8721]

Shark fin soup is a very high commodity in the Chinese market.

[@robertcumming9227]

Failing to see the down side "Oh no we're gonna be safe in the water ahhhh!"

[@meaghancote-mcauley79]

If you take a major predator out of the food chain you'll have an overpopulation of seals all types, the average seal eats 1/3 of there body weight are you seeing the point and on and on it disrupts the food chain causing havoc

[@googledoodle3977]

You can watch whales from Cape Point, in Cape Town instead,there are also plenty of sea Urchins ,the Atlantic Ocean is so clear you can see all marine animals and hold a sea urchin in your hand.

[@googledoodle3977]

What about Johannesburg?

[@billmaddoggates8267]

Good afternoon all. I'm just writing out another cheque to the BBC. Yes...I know it's a conflict of interest but apparently it's normal now for multi-billionaire eugenisists to fund “impartial” News corporations. Don't worry, I also fund the Al Jazeera media network, Guardian media group, NBC, and vox as well as many others. 🙂

[@telectronix1368]

Careful now, even with your tinfoil hat on...... "they" can send signals through you when you tap the keyboard.

[@billmaddoggates8267]

@@telectronix1368 Careful, even with your face nappy on and your multiple vaccine jabs, you can still won't be going back to "normal.” 🙂

[@telectronix1368]

@@billmaddoggates8267 Awww, you tried to copy. Bless your heart.

[@billmaddoggates8267]

@@telectronix1368 if you say so kiddo. 😂

[@telectronix1368]

@@billmaddoggates8267 ....and then put more of your own issues on display. 😂 'kiddo'

[@makmaraku485]

New Zealand is experiencing an above average White Shark sightings this summer and sadly 2 attacks one of which was fatal.

[@saxglend9439]

Are there any Chinese in the area?

[@sumonahamed8652]

so sad 😭😭😭😭

[@nineteencarryone8143]

Chinese poachers?

[@Against_my_odds]

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[@amiciprocul8501]

Possibly

[@Against_my_odds]

@@amiciprocul8501 €=======( )😜

[@PlasticExtrusionProfiles]

British invanded

[@DSashie]

Don’t think Australia needs to import sharks from Sth Africa, we’re not lacking that commodity.