Kwakuhambo olugudileyo olusuka kwi-marina kumantla ePalm Beach County, eFla., Njengoko isikhephe esineenyawo ezingama-65 iShear Water sasithwala abakhenkethi baseMelika nabaseCanada besiya eBahamas. Emva kokubambelela ngasemanzini, abasebenzi bafaka iikreyiti zamalungu egazi anegazi emanzini, kwaye iindwendwe zanxiba iimpahla zescuba zaza zaya ecaleni.
I-10 yeenyawo i-hammerhead shark yayiqubha phantsi kwesikhephe. Kufuphi kufudusele malunga ne-30 i-shark yelamuni, ookrebe bamatye kunye ne-tiger shark, ngokutsho kwebhlog malunga nohambo lwenyanga ephelileyo nguJim Abernethy, umphathi wenqanawa. Njengoko abanye babebukele, i-tiger shark ene-14 yeenyawo ibambe enye ikreyiti emihlathini yayo, yayityumza kwaye yafunxa imixholo yayo.
Ukudibana okuchulumancisayo kunye namarhamncwa aphezulu olwandle kwavela ngaphandle kwengxaki, kodwa ngoFebruwari ukrebe wabulala omnye wabathengi baka-Abernethy kwisiganeko esakhokelela kwiingcali ezininzi ukuba zibuze ubulumko bokubeka abantu, iintlanzi kunye nookrebe kufutshane. Ngaphandle kokubhubha kunye neefowuni zokuthintela i-diving, u-Abernethy wabuyela ngokukhawuleza kwishishini lokuthatha abakhenkethi kwiindawo zokuhlangana ngaphandle kwehashe nookrebe abakhulu.
Ngexesha leenyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo, ucwangcise iihambo ezintandathu zokuntywila nge-hammerheads kunye ne-tiger shark. Kwakungekho manyathelo asemthethweni kuhlaselo olubulalayo. Usapho lwexhoba aluzange lumangalele. I-Bahamas khange ithathe manyathelo okuphelisa ukuntywila, nangona isithethi sithetha ukuba isenzo sihlala sikhona.
"Ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba le nto isephantsi koqwalaselo," utshilo u-Anita Patty, isithethi se-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezokhenketho. “Le nto uthetha ngayo iyatshintsha. Ngokuqinisekileyo siza kuhlala ngaphezulu kwayo. ”
Uhlaselo olubulalayo lwenzeka eBahamas ngoFebruwari 24 xa i-shark yaluma igqwetha uMarkus Groh emlenzeni. Ukufa kwakhe, okokuqala nokukuphela komntu owaxelwa ngenxa yokuntywila emanzini, kuye kwazisa uluntu lonke. Ezinye iingcali zookrebe kunye nabaqhubi bokuntywila bacela i-Bahamas ukuba inqande i-cage-free-dives kunye nookrebe abakhulu, besithi ukuntywila emanzini ukutsala ookrebe kuguqula indlela yokuziphatha kookrebe, ukubeka abanye abadada emngciphekweni kunye nokutshintsha imeko yezaselwandle. IFlorida yawavala la madiza ngo-2001.
UVeronika Spies, udade wexhoba lokulunywa ngoFebruwari, uthe akaphikisani nokuqhubeka kuka-Abernethy kokuntywila kookrebe.
"Ndicinga ukuba angenza nantoni na ayifunayo," utshilo uSpies, umphandi womhlaza eSeattle. “Kwaye ukuba abantu bayayenza, lukhetho lwabo. Abantu abaninzi banikezela ngezinto ezinobungozi, kwaye abantu bazenzela izinto ezinobungozi. Andiqondi ukuba abantu mabagwebe. ”
U-Abernethy wenqabile ukuphawula ngeli nqaku, esithi uceliwe lusapho ukuba angathethi namajelo eendaba. Kodwa abaxhasi bakhe, kubandakanya nabaninzi bolondolozo lwendalo, bachaza iihambo zakhe njengohambo olukhanyisayo olushenxisa iintsomi malunga nookrebe ngexesha apho abantu babo kwihlabathi liphela babhuqwa yimfuno e-China yesuphu.
"Ukuba abantu bayabuqonda ubungangamsha kunye nobunzima boshaka, banethuba elingcono lokufumana ukhuseleko lwamazwe aphesheya," utshilo uNeil Hammerschlag, ugqirha we-Ph.D. umgqatswa kwiDyunivesithi yaseMiami eRosenstiel yeSikolo soLwandle kunye neNzululwazi yeAtmospheric obe kwiidiving zika-Abernethy. “Ngokucacileyo wayexhelekile kukusweleka. Uzive ngandlel 'ithile ukuba uncede ekwenzeni umfanekiso ongathandekiyo kookrebe. ”
IHammerschlag, eyagqibela ukuntywila ehlotyeni, ithe u-Abernethy uqhuba iintlanganiso ezimalunga nezokhuseleko kwaye uvumela kuphela abantu abambalwa emanzini ngexesha. Abanye ookrebe bayajinga ngasemva, badada ngokujikeleza umjikelo weentlobo ezahlukeneyo. Abanye basondela ngokwaneleyo ukuba bachukumise.
Kuyothusa, kuyonwabisa, kuyonwabisa, utshilo uHammerschlag. “Kuyonwabisa ngoba usemanzini kunye namarhamncwa amakhulu kakhulu. Kwaye balapho ngenxa yesizathu onaso: Banomdla kwaye bazile ukuze bakuhlole. ”
U-Abernethy uyazi ngookrebe abaninzi kwiindawo zokuntywila. "Phambi kwesidlo sasemini besinookrebe abathandathu abahlukeneyo beengwe kubandakanya neesupermodel zethu esizithandayo, iBegonia, iRelentless kunye neKimberly," ubhale watsho ngebhlogi yakhe yokuntywila ngoNovemba. “Zonke iindwendwe ngoku ziyazi ukuba zinjani ngokwenene ii-tiger shark. Okwangoku bathetha ngendlela ekulusizi ngayo ukuba abantu bababonakalise njengezilo ezikhulu. ”
UGeorge Burgess, umlawuli we-International Shark Attack File kwiDyunivesithi yaseFlorida, uthe ezo dives ziyayitshintsha imeko-bume ngokugxininisa kwizilwanyana ezikhulu endaweni enye, kwaye wathandabuza nexabiso lolondolozo lokujonga ookrebe abaqeqeshwe ukuba banyamezele abantu.
"Eyona nto uyibonayo yisekisi engaphantsi kwamanzi. Kufana nokubona izingwe zixhuma ngehupula, ”utshilo. “Andiyithengi ingxoxo yokuba oku kuguqula ookrebe. Kukubeka imali ebhankini ngokwenza ukuba abantu beze kwiphenyane lakho endaweni yelinye. ”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The thrilling encounter with the ocean’s top predators came off without trouble, but in February a shark killed one of Abernethy’s clients in an event that led many experts to question the wisdom of placing people, fish parts and sharks in close proximity.
- Hammerschlag, who last went on a dive over the summer, said Abernethy conducts extensive safety briefings and allows only a few people in the water at a time.
- Some shark experts and dive operators called on the Bahamas to ban cage-free dives with big sharks, saying chumming the water to attract the sharks alters shark behavior, putting other swimmers at risk and changing the marine environment.
