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This is so messed up harvesting the eye from a creature that lives hundreds of years. I guess they put the shark down. RIP one eye.

dlahoda 9mo ago
is future possible cure for humans worth one shark eye? how many fish, water mammals and may be humans shark killed for hundred years? did shark thought about their eyes?* *except in sence that eyeballs are very delicios
- seszett 9mo ago
  Greenland sharks don't kill humans, they're not more "responsible" for what white sharks do than you as a mammal are responsible for tigers killing their prey.
ulrikrasmussen 9mo ago
I would agree, but then I read the Wikipedia page which says that around 10 of these animals are caught every day as bycatch, so I assume the shark that was studied came from one of these. This shark takes 150 years to reach sexual maturity and gestates for 8-18 years. It's pretty fucked up that bycatch at this rate is just accepted because it surely is going to lead the species to extinction. Humans are pretty fucking arrogant. If these sharks were not caught at this rate then I would agree that they shouldn't be studied in ways that require killing them, but since they are, I think it is better to at least get some knowledge out of it and possibly raise awareness of the problem. Edit: read the article, and it actually says it was caught by the scientists and not as bycatch. Still, this catch is negligible compared to the 3500 that are caught, killed and thrown out again (I assume) each year
- andrewflnr 9mo ago
  > The Greenland sharks used in her co-study were caught between 2020 and 2024 using scientific long lines off the coast of the University of Copenhagen's Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland. But I guess a few sharks for scientific sampling are probably still negligible compared to bycatch.
- the-grump 9mo ago
  People don't want to face the music but the way we're fishing is completely unsustainable. The way we live on land is unsustainable too, of course.
  - tonyhart7 9mo ago
    so we need to extract resources from space asap, now that the planet cant sustain entire human race
    - prmoustache 9mo ago
      No, we need to reduce dramatically our own population.
      - zo1 9mo ago
        That sort of thinking needs to first and almost-entirely be directed at China, India and Africa, then we can talk about sustainability and what the West can do.
        prmoustache 9mo ago
        The west is wasting much more resources and contributing to global warming more than these 3 continents/countries combined.
    - duskdozer 9mo ago
      now this guy's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
      - tonyhart7 9mo ago
        [flagged]
        prmoustache 9mo ago
- dataflow 9mo ago
  Tangent, but you might want to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tuS1LLOcsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tuS1LLOcsI
- alex1138 9mo ago
  Douglas Adams had Last Chance To See and then the series got a reboot by Stephen Fry
- gimmeThaBeet 9mo ago
  jeez 8-18 years, is that a record or is it one of those things they don't know enough about them to narrow down? that's another thing to think about when my ignorant self is eating my sushi. i used to assume that farmed salmon was marginally better than wild, but given how much wild fish gets fed to farmed fish, not sure that is even a plus on top of the ecological effects of fish farming.

dlahoda 9mo ago

is future possible cure for humans worth one shark eye? how many fish, water mammals and may be humans shark killed for hundred years? did shark thought about their eyes?* *except in sence that eyeballs are very delicios

seszett 9mo ago
Greenland sharks don't kill humans, they're not more "responsible" for what white sharks do than you as a mammal are responsible for tigers killing their prey.

ulrikrasmussen 9mo ago

I would agree, but then I read the Wikipedia page which says that around 10 of these animals are caught every day as bycatch, so I assume the shark that was studied came from one of these. This shark takes 150 years to reach sexual maturity and gestates for 8-18 years. It's pretty fucked up that bycatch at this rate is just accepted because it surely is going to lead the species to extinction. Humans are pretty fucking arrogant. If these sharks were not caught at this rate then I would agree that they shouldn't be studied in ways that require killing them, but since they are, I think it is better to at least get some knowledge out of it and possibly raise awareness of the problem. Edit: read the article, and it actually says it was caught by the scientists and not as bycatch. Still, this catch is negligible compared to the 3500 that are caught, killed and thrown out again (I assume) each year

andrewflnr 9mo ago
> The Greenland sharks used in her co-study were caught between 2020 and 2024 using scientific long lines off the coast of the University of Copenhagen's Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland. But I guess a few sharks for scientific sampling are probably still negligible compared to bycatch.
the-grump 9mo ago
People don't want to face the music but the way we're fishing is completely unsustainable. The way we live on land is unsustainable too, of course.
- tonyhart7 9mo ago
  so we need to extract resources from space asap, now that the planet cant sustain entire human race
  - prmoustache 9mo ago
    No, we need to reduce dramatically our own population.
    - zo1 9mo ago
      That sort of thinking needs to first and almost-entirely be directed at China, India and Africa, then we can talk about sustainability and what the West can do.
      - prmoustache 9mo ago
        The west is wasting much more resources and contributing to global warming more than these 3 continents/countries combined.
  - duskdozer 9mo ago
    now this guy's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
    - tonyhart7 9mo ago
      [flagged]
      - prmoustache 9mo ago
dataflow 9mo ago
Tangent, but you might want to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tuS1LLOcsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tuS1LLOcsI
alex1138 9mo ago
Douglas Adams had Last Chance To See and then the series got a reboot by Stephen Fry
gimmeThaBeet 9mo ago
jeez 8-18 years, is that a record or is it one of those things they don't know enough about them to narrow down? that's another thing to think about when my ignorant self is eating my sushi. i used to assume that farmed salmon was marginally better than wild, but given how much wild fish gets fed to farmed fish, not sure that is even a plus on top of the ecological effects of fish farming.