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Written by: Ling Yide
2021-05-22 23:28
Last update date: 2021-05-23 11:32
The BB carcasses of sharks were found outside the shark prevention nets at New Coffee Bay Beach in Tuen Mun yesterday (22nd).
It is understood that a bather found the BB carcass of a shark stranded between the shark prevention nets at New Cafe Bay Beach and Old Cafe Bay Beach. The body was intact and not decayed. He picked it up with bare hands and placed it on the beach. Few swimmers stepped forward to take pictures.
Later, some swimmers put the corpse next to the trash can. A staff member of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department came to learn about it. It is understood that the beach lifeguard later notified the AFCD staff to pick up the body for further investigation.
This (23) morning, a reporter from "Hong Kong 01" went to Xin Cafe Bay Beach and found that many citizens still go to the beach to swim. They all expressed that they were not worried about the presence of sharks. "Don’t be afraid to prevent sharks from swimming in the net. There are sharks."
Some ecologists pointed out that there are records of sharks in the waters of Hong Kong. People are advised to swim at the beaches managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department because shark prevention nets are installed to protect swimmers.
Cheng Shihao, director of the Hong Kong Ecological Education and Resource Center, pointed out that sharks are not uncommon in Hong Kong waters. The key lies in whether the shark carcass found yesterday is a bull shark. Because bull sharks are extremely aggressive, if the public sees a bull shark, whether it is an adult Don't take the initiative to contact you at a young age.
Cheng Xuhui pointed out that although there are sharks in the waters of Hong Kong from time to time, the beaches under the LCSD are equipped with shark prevention nets to ensure the safety of swimmers. If you choose to swim in waters without shark prevention nets, you must pay extra attention to safety.
Once you encounter a shark, you should stay calm, stop all movements, and wait for the shark to swim away by itself.
Even though the shark carcasses were found at New Coffee Bay Beach yesterday, citizens are still attracting people to come to play in the water today. Most swimmers swim in the shark prevention nets, and broadcasts are heard from time to time in the venue to remind swimmers to pay attention to safety.
Bather A Zhu has been swimming in Coffee Bay since 2014. He has never seen any big fish or sharks. Only a few years ago, he had heard of sharks.
Besides, Azhu has always been swimming in the shark prevention net and never outside the net, so he is not worried about sharks.
In addition, the swimmer Ms. Huang also expressed no concern about the presence of sharks. "Don't be afraid of sharks from swimming in the shark nets."
Shark bodies were also found at Golden Beach last year
In June last year, shark bodies were also found at Tuen Mun Golden Beach.
At that time, there were lifeguards with large fish on the sea, and sharks were suspected to be present, and a shark carcass nearly half a meter long was found about 200 meters offshore, floating and sinking on the surface of the sea.
As the shark’s body exploded and its internal organs were exposed, witnesses took the shark onto the boat and took the picture and then put the body back into the sea. Therefore, it was not possible to confirm whether the body was the "big fish."
There have been multiple incidents of shark killing swimmers in Hong Kong in the past, prompting the government to install shark prevention nets on its beaches in 1996.
On May 31, 1995, the 44-year-old physical education teacher Cao Jinxin disappeared after diving in the small palm forest rocky beach. His right foot to hip was bitten by a shark until his limbs were broken.
Later, two more citizens were killed by sharks in Xiangsi Bay and Clear Water Bay.
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