Today's collaboration with Cellar Image of the Day brings us this gruesome yet fascinating image of a whale shark being sliced for its meat.
Daily Mail has the story:
More likely to eat than be eaten, this giant whale shark was caught off the coast of China by hardcore fishermen who managed to harness the ten-metre, eight-tonne whopper.
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From Wiki: "The whale shark is a filter feeder - one of only three known filter feeding shark species (along with the basking shark and the megamouth shark). It feeds on phytoplankton, macro-algae, plankton, krill and small nektonic life, such as small squid or vertebrates."
Not quite the blood thirsty killer most people think.
It took me a moment to understand what you meant...until I saw..."it" in the background. Hehehe. Yeah that Peachy-Orange person seems to think he/she is...how do you say..."the shit."
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"All four whale sharks were imported from Taiwan, where whale sharks are dubbed as Tofu sharks because of the taste and texture of the flesh."
Blubbery may not be quite the texture, but whale sharks make me crave daifukumochi.
I wonder how it tastes, as I've heard from some people that it doesn't taste good at all.
Personally, I'd like to know how it tastes.
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this puts me into a worse mood than i was.
it is better to know than not know the practices of other cultures.
however, the only best way to cook it is by grill. by that way, the fat / oil will drip out continuously.
eating more than 200 grams of this meat will give you an uncontrollable fatty drip from your ass.
It is a shark not a big deal that thing will feed the whole village for close to a month.
and the whole eat Veggies thing is wrong God made us omnivores (Spelling) we eat both meat and veggies. go hug a tree. By the way Bambi tastes great as well
Also, animals like rabbits are used to "test" cosmetics. It's pretty gross and painful to even see...
Remember much of American and european culture is towards cherishing animals, and I see a lot of people backing their culture, but the Japanese culture is towards enjoying gods gifts in animals. A polar difference I must say, and many people can not come to terms with that.
I say, Respect other cultures, don't condone them if you do not know what they are about.
Brian Glassman
P.S. Whale Sharks populations are growing see this article.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s2127363.htm