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The media frenzy about shark bites is always over the top, given the very low risk, but this is a new one: the headline simply says "shark spotted near swimmers at Florida beach." In other words, the shark was swimming at home, bothering exactly no one. https://news.sky.com/video/shark-spotted-near-swimmers-at-florida-beach-12916154 #sharks #fish #animals #animalwelfare #animalrights
Shark spotted near swimmers at Florida beach
Footage taken by a beachgoer shows a shark swimming in shallow waters at Navarre Beach, Florida. Swimmers can be seen rushing to the shore but no one was injured.Sky News
Unacceptable. Public pressure DOES help, I really believe, and the octopuses deserve that from us. "The farm in Spain's Canary Islands would raise about a million octopuses annually for food, according to confidential documents seen by the BBC." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64814781 #octopus #cephalopod #Spain #animalwelfare #animalrights #plantbased #animals
World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
Methods used on the Spanish farm would be "cruel" to such intelligent animals say experts, as details emerge.By Claire Marshall (BBC News)