I-ZIHUATANEJO, eMexico-Akukho mntu unokukhumbula uhlaselo lukakrebe ecaleni kolu nxweme luzele lunxweme lwaseMexico oluthandwa ngabatshutshisi kunye ne-Hollywood elite. Uninzi lwezilwanyana ezinkulu ezizingelayo zazitsalwe elwandle ngabalobi. Ngoko xa ookrebe bahlasela abantu abathathu baselwandle kwisithuba esingaphantsi kwenyanga, ababini bebabulala, yayiyinto engenakwenzeka.
Uhlaselo lwamva nje lweza ngoMgqibelo, xa ukrebe wagaxeleka kwingalo yomthandi wokusefa uBruce Grimes, ummi waseMelika ophethe ivenkile yokusefa eZihuatanejo.
IiGrimes kunye neqaqobana labanye abaqhubi baselwandle babephandle kumanzi amnyama, aqhaqhazelis’ amazinyo xa weva kukho into ephakamisa ibhodi yakhe. Wakwazi ukubetha imivumbo emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba amazinyo atshone engalweni yakhe. "Ukrebe!" wakhwaza, ejija ingalo yakhe ngasemva. Iigrimes zafikelela elunxwemeni, zibaleka imisila embalwa.
“Kwakungekho xesha lokoyika,” watsho. Ndacinga: ‘Andifuni kufa. Ungafuni ukuphulukana nengalo yam.’”
Kusemva kwexesha apho inzalelwane yaseFlorida eneminyaka engama-49 ubudala yafumanisa ukuba umntu osebenzisa i-surfer wasekhaya ubulewe ngukrebe kulwandle oluselumelwaneni kusuku olungaphambili. Ngaphantsi kwenyanga ngaphambi koko, undwendwe oluvela eSan Francisco lwabulawa ngelixa lusefa olunye ulwandle olukufutshane.
Ngaphambi koko, uhlaselo lukakrebe lwalungaziwa apha. Ingcaphephe yeYunivesithi yaseFlorida uGeorge Burgess wayekule ndawo ngolwe-Lwesithathu esenza udliwano-ndlebe namangqina, ejonga iingxelo zesidumbu kwaye ejonga iilwandle ukuze afumanise ukuba kutheni ookrebe besuke baba ndlongondlongo ngequbuliso.
IFayile yeBurgess's International Shark Attack irekhoda umndilili wohlaselo olubulalayo lukakrebe olune kuphela kwihlabathi jikelele nyaka ngamnye. Kulo nyaka, kuye kwakho enye kuphela enye into erekhodiweyo yokufa kukakrebe ngaphandle kweMexico - umntu oneminyaka engama-66 ubudala wabulawa eSolana Beach, eCalif.
Ukuhlaselwa okujikeleze iZihuatanejo kuye kwaphazamisa iingcali kwaye, ngokukrakra kumashishini asekuhlaleni, i-mahem igcina abakhenkethi kude.
Emva kwesiganeko sokuqala sokufa, amagosa atyhwatyhwayo abopha imigca yeehuku ezibanjiweyo elunxwemeni aza axhela intaphane yookrebe, nto leyo eyabangela ukugxekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe. Abasemagunyeni bacwangcise ukudibana ngoLwesine ukuze bafune iingcebiso kuBurgess.
Isazi ngebhayoloji yaselwandle uChris Lowe, oqhuba ilebhu yookrebe kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia State, eLong Beach, uthe mancinci amagosa anokwenza ngaphandle kokuzama ukugcina abantu baphume emanzini nokufunda ukuba kutheni ookrebe bejike baba ndlongondlongo. Ukuzingela akusoloko kunceda, watsho.
U-Lowe ukwathe amagosa kufuneka agcine uhlaselo kwindawo efanelekileyo.
“Abantu banethuba elingcono lokufa ngenxa yetyhefu yokutya ukuya eMexico kunokuba balunywe ngukrebe,” utshilo. “Kuyingozi kakhulu ukuqhuba ukuya elwandle kunokungena emanzini.”
IFayile kaShaka yaMazwe ngaMazwe ifumanise ukuba uhlaselo luye lwanda kwinkulungwane edlulileyo, ngenxa yokwanda kokuthandwa kwemidlalo yasemanzini njengokusefa.
Eso sizathu sesizathu sokuba iingcali zithi ukuzingela ookrebe kulilize: Nanjengoko inani lookrebe lincipha, liyanda inani labantu abaqubha elwandle.
“Ukufumana ukrebe obulalayo phantse akunakwenzeka,” utshilo uJose Leonardo Castillo, umphandi oyintloko wokrebe kwiZiko leSizwe lokuLoba eMexico.
Iingcali zaseMexico ziceba uphononongo lokubambisa kunye nokukhulula ukufumanisa uhlobo lookrebe abakhe bahlasela. Kwaye amagosa aselwandle, ekruqukile ngenxa yokuzingela ookrebe, atshintshele ekuqhubeni iipatroli elwandle nesemoyeni ukuze ajonge ookrebe kufutshane nonxweme.
Emva kwezibongozo eziphindaphindiweyo zezazi ngemekobume, amagosa athembise ngokuxhoma iimpawu ezinkulu ezilumkisayo kwiilwandle apho ookrebe baye bahlasela khona—nto leyo eyoyikisayo kwabanye abakwishishini lokusefa.
“Ezo zibonakaliso ziya kuba yeyona nto imbi kuthi,” utshilo uHerberto Perez Yanez, ofundisa ukusefa kunye nokuqeshisa ngeebhodi kulwandle lwaseTroncones, apho u-Adrian Ruiz oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala waseSan Francisco wabulawa nge-28 ka-Epreli.
“Abalobi abaninzi apha phandle bazingela ookrebe, yaye akukho mntu uthetha nto. Izazi ngendalo zithi azifuni kuzingelwa, kodwa zihleli nje ezi-ofisini zabo ngoku kufuneka sibe lapha,” utshilo.
UPerez Yanez wadliwano-ndlebe ngelixa wayefundisa isibini saseTexas-ekuphela kwabantu ababini emanzini eTroncones kunye nabathengi bakhe bokuqala okoko waswelekayo uRuiz. Udla ngokufundisa amaqela amathathu ngeveki.
ULisa Rabon, waseWalnut Springs, eTexas, uthe yena nomyeni wakhe beze kubhiyozela usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-50 kwaye bazalisekisa iphupha lakhe lobomi bonke lokufunda ukusefa. Akazange afunde ngohlaselo de kwasemva kokuba efikile kwaye wathi akabonanga mntu wumbi emanzini.
“Kudala ndisiva ngohlaselo, kodwa andizange ndibuze zinkcukacha. Bendingafuni ukuba ibeyinxalenye yamava am,” utshilo. “Ukuba ndicinga ngookrebe, soze ndifunde.”
ULeon Perez Yanez, umntakwabo Herberto kunye nomongameli wombutho waseGuerrero, uthe amaqela amathathu ubuncinci arhoxisa izifundo zokusefa kunye naye ukusukela kuhlaselo lwampelaveki.
UGrimes uthe wayenexhala malunga neshishini lakhe - ivenkile ye-surf wayivula kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo xa wagqiba ekubeni afudukele eZihuatanejo ngokusisigxina emva kweminyaka engama-25 yokutyelela.
Kodwa uthe kungekudala uza kubuyela ebhodini lakhe, kwaye uqinisekile ukuba uninzi lwabadlali baselwandle aluzukuhlala ixesha elide kuba bayayamkela imingcipheko yemidlalo yabo.
“Ndiza kubuyela emva. Ewe, ndisisidenge, ”utshilo uGrimes, evavanya ingalo yakhe ebotshiweyo ngaphandle kwesibhedlele apho wayecoca khona yonke imihla. "Ndiza kuphuma ngokukhawuleza xa ndikwazi."
Leyo yinxalenye yengxaki, utshilo uLowe, othanda ukuntywila emanzini. Ngabantu abaninzi emanzini, kwiindawo ezikude kakhulu, ukuhlaselwa akunakuphepheka.
“Kukrebe ngamnye esiwukhuphayo emanzini, sifaka abantu abalishumi,” utshilo. "Eyona nto iphambili kukuba ulwandle yindawo yasendle kwaye abantu kufuneka bamkele imingcipheko xa bengena kuyo."
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