This is a poem I wrote just a few minutes ago…I really hope something can be done about the cruelty of shark-finning.
A Shark’s Plea
From the subclass called Elasmobranchii
Evolved my predecessors, my family and I
In terms of number of years 409 million
I have been here since the Upper Devonian
I have strong teeth, they make big gash
But I have no desire for human flesh
But humans make me into a cause
Thank you to the paranoia caused by ‘Jaws’
They hunt, and fin us, they did not even frown
Then they toss us back to sea alive to drown
To earn millions for them is something of a coup
While it was only our fins that end up in some soup
All their butchering earned them some praise
While we never did anything to the human race
15 human deaths a year is attributed to the snake
0.4 human deaths a year is all we could rake
So please, I beg you, make your kind realise
The decimation of a kind goes not without a price
We both live in the same world, so please make them see
So your children and mine can learn to co-exist and enjoy the sea
Abdul Rahmat Omar a.k.a SeaDemon
8th December 2005
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