The video discusses the challenges of keeping great white sharks in aquariums and the impact of their captivity on their health and survival. The sharks are unable to live in captivity, often dying within a few days due to psychological stress, lack of space, breathing problems, and hunger. The video also highlights the importance of these sharks in maintaining the ecological balance in the ocean and the threat they face due to poaching. The video calls for a change in attitude towards these magnificent creatures, urging viewers to stop buying jewelry made from killed predators.
1. Great white sharks are not commonly found in aquariums around the world.
2. The main reason for this is that sharks cannot live in captivity and die when they are locked in a cage.
3. There have been many attempts to keep these animals locked up, but all have ended quickly and tragically.
4. The first great white shark was caught and sent to Marineland in Los Angeles in 1955, but it could not live in the aquarium for even a day.
5. In 2003, a great white shark lived for 16 days at the Monterey Bay Aquarium before being released back into the ocean.
6. The last time a great white shark lived in captivity was in 2016 at the Okinawa Aquarium in Japan.
7. The animal stopped eating and simply beat against the walls of the aquarium, and after just three days, it fell to the bottom.
8. The cause of death could only be captivity, which causes this species, unlike its relatives, to suffer so much.
9. There are several theories as to why this happens, including depression, lack of space, breathing problems, hunger, and incorrect salt levels in the water.
10. Great white sharks are very important for maintaining the ecological balance in the ocean.
11. The loss of even one shark threatens the entire ecosystem.
12. Great white sharks are now under threat of extinction in the world.
13. Only about three and a half thousand individuals of these sharks are left.
14. The reason for this tragic development of events was poaching; some parts of the great white shark are in great demand on the black market and are sold for crazy money.
15. Shark fins, for example, cost an insane amount because in Asia they are used to make soup for wealthy people.
16. High demand has led to the hunt for fins, poachers catch a shark, cut off its fins and throw it back into the ocean as a result, every year millions of wounded fish die either from blood loss or from the teeth of other predators.
17. Clothes and jewelry are made from shark skin and squalene oil is extracted from their liver to make cosmetics and medicines.
18. Killing sharks is illegal and the strictest fines and sanctions have been introduced for poachers.
19. However, for now it remains a profitable business, the hunt for these magnificent, but unfortunately not so numerous inhabitants of the ocean will continue.
20. People have a responsibility to change their attitude towards them and stop buying jewelry made from killed predators.