BetterLateThannever
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You just got read this....
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Australian tourism authorities may change laws "to protect people too stupid to protect themselves" after sightseers clambered on a floating dead whale and patted great white sharks eating the carcass.
South Australia state Environment Minister Iain Evans said Tuesday he was shocked at the level of disrespect some people showed for their own safety.
"I am also appalled by the bizarre behavior of walking across the back of dead whales or, for that matter, patting a great white shark while it is feeding," Evans said
"These creatures are not toys. In the case of the great white, they can be extremely dangerous and it is clear the state government will need to look at changing the law in order to protect people too stupid to protect themselves," he added.
At present, marine regulations only prevent people from coming within 100 meters (yards) of a live whale. No restrictions apply to dead whales.
Evans said he will ask his department to consider a similar exclusion zone for dead whales.
"It may be the only way we can keep sightseers from getting so close that they put themselves in danger of other marine animals," he said.
The tourists' actions were caught on film this week near Cape Jervis, 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Adelaide.
The southern right whale died late last week. About a dozen sharks immediately began devouring the carcass, sometimes tearing off chunks of flesh in a feeding frenzy.
Boat operators cashed in, ferrying dozens of customers to the site for a closer look.
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Now don't you feel a lot smarter.
nuff said
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Australian tourism authorities may change laws "to protect people too stupid to protect themselves" after sightseers clambered on a floating dead whale and patted great white sharks eating the carcass.
South Australia state Environment Minister Iain Evans said Tuesday he was shocked at the level of disrespect some people showed for their own safety.
"I am also appalled by the bizarre behavior of walking across the back of dead whales or, for that matter, patting a great white shark while it is feeding," Evans said
"These creatures are not toys. In the case of the great white, they can be extremely dangerous and it is clear the state government will need to look at changing the law in order to protect people too stupid to protect themselves," he added.
At present, marine regulations only prevent people from coming within 100 meters (yards) of a live whale. No restrictions apply to dead whales.
Evans said he will ask his department to consider a similar exclusion zone for dead whales.
"It may be the only way we can keep sightseers from getting so close that they put themselves in danger of other marine animals," he said.
The tourists' actions were caught on film this week near Cape Jervis, 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Adelaide.
The southern right whale died late last week. About a dozen sharks immediately began devouring the carcass, sometimes tearing off chunks of flesh in a feeding frenzy.
Boat operators cashed in, ferrying dozens of customers to the site for a closer look.
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Now don't you feel a lot smarter.
nuff said
