Ok, I know this picture sucks. I told you I know nothing about computers or scanners in this case. Just wanted to show you all this picture which I thought is cool. Pictures say a lot. If you can’t hear what this picture is trying to say ( it’s almost screaming at you ), you must be deaf. blind and dumb.

” As many as 40 sharks are killed for every Chinese wedding. Give the sharks a chance. Give up shark fin soup. “

“The UN reports over 100 million sharks are killed every year and the number is likely twice that due to lack of reporting. Sharks reproduce slowly thus populations are declining. ‘Finning’ is the practice of cutting off only the shark fins and discarding the body. Most sharks are finned because the fin is the valuable part and a fishing boat can hold a large number of fins compared to shark carcasses. “

“The fin itself has no taste, but it absorbs the flavour of the soup broth it is cooked in. Shark fin has little nutritional value but it does contain high levels of mercury. Sharks being at the top of the marine food chain, bioconcentrate mercury in their bodies. Average size sharks demonstrate mercury concentrations from roughly 0.5 to 2 ug/g ( ppm). The mercury concentration in large sharks may reach 5 ppm. The threshold for mercury in seafood, above which fish consumption becomes hazardous, is a hotly debated subject and certainly depends on how much is eaten and how often, but most agree that concern begins at or above 0.1 ppm for pregnant mothers and small children.”

So, you see, not only is it pointless ( where’s the nutrtion? ) to eat shark fin soup, it’s actually dangerous to pay so much to poison yourself.

Please stop the shark-fin-soup-is-a-must-at-every-wedding tradition. It has to end.