Orca versus Shark....What can we learn?

12/19/2016

Ovca versus Shark....What can we Learn?

By Susan Steffen-Kraft

A satire is usually meant to be humorous, however, the greater purpose is constructive social which uses wit to draw the attention to particular and wider issues in our society. I shall attempt to do this in my blog with satire.

The above picture is of a killer whale better know as an Orca killing a great white shark. What in the world you may ask? What could this possibly have to do with any political agenda? Below is the video that started me on this unusual journey.

Some of the burning questions that should be asked are, "Were the Russians involved?" Since they are getting blamed for everything else, I have to wonder about this.
Since it sounds like a hate crime will our government ban killer whales from shark hunting? Can our governement even be trusted to be objective?

Is this a violation of the Endangered Species Act? The Great Whites are endangered from years of being hunted by people for its fins and teeth. Great White sharks also get overhunted as trophies in sport fishing, according to the World Wildlife Fund, but since they are endangered, how does one ban the Orcas from hunting them? Perhaps a study is in order however since the Orcas are in violation of the Act.

For your edification the Endangered Species Act of 1969 now known as ESA and signed in 1973 provides for the conservation of endangered and threatened species. This covers a huge portion of their range and the ecosystems on which they depend.

According to a 2016 State of the Climate Report:

Climate change causes more hurricanes
Climate change causes less hurricanes
Climate change causes more rain (but less water)
Climate change causes less rain
Climate change decreases the spread of malaria
Climate change increases the spread of malaria
Climate change makes San Francisco foggier
Climate change makes San Francisco less foggy
Climate change causes duller autumn leaves
Climate change causes more colorful autumn leaves
Climate change makes for less salty seas
Climate change makes for saltier seas
Climate change causes Antarctica to lose land ice
Climate change causes Antarctica to gain land ice

Could we be on the verge of discovery that Orcas are killing the Great Whites because Global Warming made them do it? I too breathlessly await for that titbit of information from Al Gore and other Global Warming enthusiasts.

Now about Peta. What will they do about this? Not to say everything about Peta is wrong but some stuff is stupid like the fact that they feel milk is a racist drink. I too am puzzled by that one. PETA is committed to a future in which people would not be able to own pets, claiming on their website

"The selfish desire to possess animals and receive love from them causes immeasurable suffering." Now, those are a few of the far-fetched things but will they defend this shark and any sharks from the cruelty of being eaten alive by the killer whales? I mean they seem to feel that shearing sheep and milking cows is horrible? I feel they should step into the fray on this issue.

Bullying is not something I approve of. So many groups are speaking out against bullyng that I have to say Whoa, what was the Orca whale doing to the shark and why? There are laws against bullying and in fact a little too many. Teachers and parents should be speaking up and not the government or the law.

So will anti-bullying groups address this issue with the whale eating the shark? It is a clear case of bullying and as for the reason....was he/she smaller, white, ugly, old, young, female/male, or what? This truly calls for investigation and study. Perhaps a government grant is in order on this issue.

As to the Black Lives Matters movement. Now here is a matter for them to consider; Do Sharks Lives Matter and should we stop Whale Brutality? Would a few of the BLM people volunteer to do some studies, diving, and camera work to figure this whole thing out. In the end should a statement from the BLM on this topic be this; Fins Up....Don't Eat Me Bro!?

These are some of the Burning questions that should be asked and thoughts that should be contemplated.

The above is Mother Nature at it's rawest. We see it and it is not pretty and neither are humans and how they act. I hope this satire makes you think just a little bit and I am sure I will take some flack. Per example police with a bad attitude and certain groups with a bad attitude towards them make the Shark and Orcas look pretty tame by comparison. Sigh! It is after all just a satire!

http://akdart.com/warming14.html,
http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/15/13977140/watch-whales-eat-shark-alive-video-monterey-bay,
https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/great-white-shark-endangered-4c62150bdc3707ca,
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/,
http://www.mamamia.com.au/peta-shearing-australia/.
http://listverse.com/2013/05/30/10-insane-facts-about-peta/

7 Comments

SirWilhelm

12/27/2016 05:13:03 am

What about wolves and sheep? Sheep are defenseless, harmless, grazing animals. Yet, they are hunted by wolves! Yes, they are hunted because the wolves are hungry, but, all animals eat. Fortunately, there are people that try to defend some sheep, with guns and dogs, but, are wolves bullies? Should their bullying be made illegal? If we could provide alternative food sources for the wolves, would that help? But, what would be acceptable? What sort of prey animal could we breed as food for wolves? Sheeple, perhaps?

Susan Kraft

12/27/2016 09:48:57 pm

I could have used wolves and sheep as part of the satire. Ha ha about the sheeple part. I chose the shark v. whale because I stumbled upon the video on yahoo news

Jim Campbell link

12/27/2016 12:04:44 pm

Excellent read Susan, Jim Campbell, Certified Shark Feeder and Shark Awareness instructor.

One is more likely to be struck by lightening thank attacked by a shark. I've logged over 5000 dives, then quite logging.

Susan Kraft

12/27/2016 09:45:55 pm

Thanks Jim Campbell. I did not know that about your diving and instructor skills in that area. Interesting, maybe you should write a blog on that.

Susan Kraft

12/27/2016 09:46:58 pm

By the way, always appreciate your praise.

Karen Bradshaw Smith

12/28/2016 05:11:27 am

Bravo! Susan! Excellent article, as always. I heard that all animals think the sign PETA means Please Eat The Activists! I sure hope that's true. They are all liberals anyway.

Ann Cain

1/4/2017 08:12:47 pm

Susan, as I may have shared with you is I bottle raised litters for the Cincinnati SPCA because they are always killed along with their poor Mother. I'd guess 100 kittens began and some ended, in our Mariemont townhouse over 9-10 years but it wasn't until I purchased a home in nearby Silverton I was lucky to meet a wonderful woman who, almost single-handedly put the TSN release colonies into existence in many Cinci neighborhoods, saving hundreds of cats. It was Millie Schafer, founder of Neighborhood Cat Helpers who busted the myth of a caring PETA by giving me factual data of the massive numbers of cats, dogs and many other category of homeless animals they kill annually. It was shocking and sickened me. FUCK PETA, never fall for their sappy commercials again because they're heartless murderers. Millie is a physicist who deals and only understands facts and she makes it her business to check all organization's kill rates and PETA, for Millie, is by far the greatest fraud, hiding abuse/murder of the very animals they claim to love.