I've always thought that documentaries are boring but the documentary we saw in Bio class was amazing. I have had shark fin soup as its considered to be "the best", and so the soup is always present for weddings and birthdays. However, I don't think I can ever have shark fin soup without that heavy feeling. As our population kills off sharks, it reminds me of humans overfishing. We disrupt our ecosystem in a couple of years which takes decades to undo. Sharks are on the top of the food chain, meaning that there aren't many to start with in the first place. Sharks dominant the waters and without them, the entire marine ecosystem won't be balance. I've thought about sharks to this extent. I'm guilty of fearing sharks because they're big animals that have sharp teeth with scary stories being told about them. Nonetheless, watching Rob swim with the sharks is truly amazing. On the other hand, watching fishermen cut the sharks' fin off is cruel. Like that bride who gave the analogy about someone cutting off her ear because it tastes good and leaving her to die, that analogy represents how mean we are. Why would you throw back the shark without its fins? It can't survive without its fins; it's animal cruelty. It just seems to be that humans can't seem to get anything right. We overfish, we endanger sharks, we don't distribute food evenly, we cause global warming; honestly, Earth would just be better without us.
Yet, we have an equal say in this and so we put up a fight against those who wish to participate in this billion dollar industry. You should never make money out of someone/something's misery; it's not right or moral. Before this movie, I had never really understood what was happening in regards to the fins but after watching it, I can't ever look at fins the same way.
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