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Man wants hungry sharks at funeral
A
Briton has applied for permission to be fed to Great White sharks off South Africa
after he dies.
Robert Blackwood has applied to the Department of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism there.
but experts say the sharks won't be interested and his
corpse is more likely to be eaten by crayfish.
The property developer wants his dead body thrown into
waters of Gans Bay, Cape Town, between Geiser and Dyer islands.
He admits he has never seen a live shark or been to South
Africa but made his decision after watching a documentary on Gans Bay's sharks
by the author of Jaws.
A spokesperson for South Africa's Marine and Coastal
Management Directorate says they could not grant the request because a state
department was unable to commit to an event with an undetermined date,
according to News24.com.
Gans Bay resident, George Smit, who has been diving with
sharks for 23 years, says the idea would not work because white sharks are not
interested in human blood.
He said: "The sharks will not give it a second glance.
It would rot and be eaten by crayfish."
Story filed: 14:26 Monday 3rd February 2003
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Posted August 22, 2003