Poacher killed by great white shark - Polidicks

[release]Khanyisile Momoza, 29, was attacked as he[B] harvested valuable perlemoen[/B] shells in the waters near Gansbaai in South Africa. The fisherman was among a group of 12 poachers who had tried to swim to safety after spotting the shark in shallow waters. A friend of Mr Momoza, who witnessed the attack, said: "There was screaming and crying. We just swam, we didn't look back. "We were swimming in a group but he was a bit behind us. [U][B]"It jumped out of the water with him and then it took him down." [/B][/U] The attack took place on Tuesday between Dyer Island and Pearly Beach, east of Cape Town. In an interview with the Weekend Argus local newspaper, the victim's friend told how the poaching group had left the beach at 6am and swum for two hours before reaching the island three miles offshore, where[B] they began hunting for perlemoen shellfish.[/B] The men were swimming back to shore with their catch when the great white approached. The survivors admitted they had been too scared for their own lives to help the stricken swimmer and raced back to dry land. Once ashore the group alerted authorities to the tragedy. Illegal harvesting of perlemoen is big business in South Africa, where the valuable shellfish are common along coastal areas. The molluscs' fleshy insides are considered a delicacy similar to oysters, and either served raw or cooked in seafood dishes. But widespread farming of the shells has sparked fears the population could plummet. In 2007 South African authorities listed the species, also known as abalone, as endangered with the global wildlife protection body CITES. The restrictions were loosened in July this year, although it remains illegal to harvest perlemeon without a licence. However hundreds of local fishermen are believed to continue to work in the illegal trade. Many poor workers risk arrest or injury to hunt for the wild shells, whose meat can be worth up to £25 a kilo. The shark attack victim's friend told the Argus his group went perlemoen fishing around once a week and needed the money to provide food for their families. Gans Bay, known in Afrikaans as Gansbaai, is famously the centre of South Africa's great white shark population. In recent years some experts have warned the increase in commercial "shark dive tourism" has encouraged great whites to inhabit shallower waters. Every day hundreds of tourists pay to experience a close encounter with the creatures, which are enticed with food to come close to boats. Some fear the sharks are now commonly inhabiting waters where humans are more likely to be swimming or working. The poacher is the second person this year to be killed by a shark in South Africa. [/release] Just to make it clear, they were poaching perlemoen, not sharks. [I]Whose poaching now bitch? [/I]

I don't feel bad for them because what they were doing was illegal.

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imagine the last thing you see is a great white with it's mouth open coming up from under you. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9L4Mwn6wu0[/media]

That'd be a terrible death... unlikely, but terrible.

Fuck that sounds horrible "There was screaming and crying. We kept swimming. We didn't look back."

Serves him right.

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150167]Serves him right.[/QUOTE] He took a bunch of shellfish so he deserved to die?

[QUOTE=darius_bielecki;25150230]He took a bunch of shellfish so he deserved to die?[/QUOTE] I'm not saying he deserved to die, but he shouldn't have been doing what he was when he was killed. Had he not been there, he'd be alive. Serves him right. Now shark fin poachers on the other hand.. they totally deserve it.

[QUOTE=OvB;25145855]imagine the last thing you see is a great white with it's mouth open coming up from under you. [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=n9L4Mwn6wu0[/URL] [/QUOTE] Poor seals or sea lions, whatever they are. :smith:

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150309]I'm not saying he deserved to die, but he shouldn't have been doing what he was when he was killed. Had he not been there, he'd be alive. Serves him right.[/QUOTE] So every time someone does something bad, and they subsequently get killed, it serves them right? You've NEVER made any mistakes in your life? [QUOTE=GodKing;25150309]Now shark fin poachers on the other hand.. they totally deserve it.[/QUOTE] Poaching should be punishable by death?

[QUOTE=JDK721v5;25150495]So every time someone does something bad, and they subsequently get killed, it serves them right? You've NEVER made any mistakes in your life? Poaching should be punishable by death?[/QUOTE] JDK has returned.

[QUOTE=JDK721v5;25150495]So every time someone does something bad, and they subsequently get killed, it serves them right? You've NEVER made any mistakes in your life?[/quote] We're intelligent beings. He knew he was doing something wrong and should not have been there. It's the same for people who go beyond signs that say "DO NOT CROSS" and then fall off a cliff to their death, or people who speed and end up mangled in a car wreck. You're not supposed to be doing it, so it's your own fault when something bad happens to you. I have made mistakes, but never any that have involved my death. Doing dumb shit is your own fault. [quote]Poaching should be punishable by death?[/QUOTE] If the sharks defend themselves and bite off pieces or kill a poacher that's cutting their fins off and then leaving them to die, just for some superstitious belief that the fins actually have magic properties, then yeah, I feel it's deserved and fair.

Jaws?

[QUOTE=JDK721v5;25150495]Poaching should be punishable by death?[/QUOTE] If you're out hunting sharks illegally, nobody is going to be surprised if you get killed by one.

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150576]We're intelligent beings. He knew he was doing something wrong and should not have been there. It's the same for people who go beyond signs that say "DO NOT CROSS" and then fall off a cliff to their death, or people who speed and end up mangled in a car wreck. You're not supposed to be doing it, so it's your own fault when something bad happens to you. I have made mistakes, but never any that have involved my death. Doing dumb shit is your own fault. If the sharks defend themselves and bite off pieces or kill a poacher that's cutting their fins off and then leaving them to die, just for some superstitious belief that the fins actually have magic properties, then yeah, I feel it's deserved and fair.[/QUOTE]Actually, the shark fins are used to make shark fin soup. It's a waste though, since that's the only thing they use from the shark

[QUOTE=Glitch360;25150606]Actually, the shark fins are used to make shark fin soup. It's a waste though, since that's the only thing they use from the shark[/QUOTE] A lot of people believe the shark fin has medicinal properties and grants them strength.

[QUOTE=wewt!;25150596]If you're out hunting sharks illegally, nobody is going to be surprised if you get killed by one.[/QUOTE] No one said it would be surprising. Saying they deserved and "it serves them right" is crossing the line. These people could have been just trying to provide for their family.

[QUOTE=JDK721v5;25150621]No one said it would be surprising. Saying they deserved and "it serves them right" is crossing the line. These people could have been just trying to provide for their family.[/QUOTE] Well go cry about it or go to his funeral or something. That's how I feel about it, deal with it.

lol right...dying for a victimless crime "serves him right". Id recommend playing less video games until you can learn the value of human life and that people don't respawn when they die.

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150630]Well go cry about it or go to his funeral or something. That's how I feel about it, deal with it.[/QUOTE] I'm sorry that not everyone is apathetic on FP and not everyone agrees with you when you make a claim that they deserved to die.

[QUOTE=Zeus;25150639]lol right...dying for a victimless crime "serves him right". Id recommend playing less video games until you can learn the value of human life and that people don't respawn when they die.[/QUOTE] Which is why you should probably avoid doing things that could potentially end up causing your demise. [editline]09:54AM[/editline] [QUOTE=JDK721v5;25150641]I'm sorry[/QUOTE] You should be.

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150664]Which is why you should probably avoid doing things that could potentially end up causing your demise.[/QUOTE] Basically anything can potentially kill or hurt you.

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150618]A lot of people believe the shark fin has medicinal properties and grants them strength.[/QUOTE] well those people are fucking dumb because they could at least harvest the whole shark instead of just cutting off it's fins and rendering it a paraplegic in the water.

[QUOTE=aznz888;25150710]well those people are fucking dumb because they could at least harvest the whole shark instead of just cutting off it's fins and rendering it a paraplegic in the water.[/QUOTE] Or leave the sharks alone, since it upsets the balance of nature and the sharks contain toxins like mercury due to human pollution. The irony is that they're more likely to get sick and possibly die, not get stronger or miraculously heal. [editline]10:01AM[/editline] [QUOTE=JDK721v5;25150702]Basically anything can potentially kill or hurt you.[/QUOTE] Why increase those odds by doing shit you shouldn't? I didn't say he deserved it, I just think he could have avoided it.

Someone needs to make this pic: 'FUCK YOU POACHERS, WE'RE SHARKS!'

[QUOTE=GodKing;25150744]Why increase those odds by doing shit you shouldn't? I didn't say he deserved it, I just think he could have avoided it.[/QUOTE] Because he probably felt it was worth the risk.