E-ZIHUATANEJO, e-Mexico - Akekho owayekwazi ngisho nokukhumbula ukuhlasela koshaka kule ndawo egcwele izindawo zokungcebeleka esogwini lwase-Mexico ethandwa abantu abantweza emanzini kanye nezicukuthwane zaseHollywood. Izilwane eziningi ezidla ezinye ezinkulu zazikhishwe olwandle ngabadobi. Ngakho lapho oshaka behlasela abatshuzi abathathu esikhathini esingaphansi kwenyanga, ababili bababulala, kwakungacabangeki.
Ukuhlasela kwakamuva kwenzeke ngoMgqibelo, lapho ushaka equmba phansi engalweni yomshisekeli wokuntweza emanzini uBruce Grimes, isifiki saseMelika esinesitolo sokuntweza eZihuatanejo.
UGrimes kanye nedlanzana labanye abatshuzi basemanzini amnyama, aguquguqukayo ngesikhathi ezwa okuthile kuphakamisa ibhodi lakhe. Wakwazi ukushaywa imivimbo emihlanu ngaphambi kokuba amazinyo ashone engalweni yakhe. "Ushaka!" ememeza, ehlehla ingalo yakhe. Ama-Grimes afinyelele ogwini, ebaleka nemibhobho embalwa.
“Sasingekho isikhathi sokutatazela,” esho. “Ngacabanga: ‘Angifuni ukufa. Ungafuni ukulahlekelwa ingalo yami.’”
Kuthe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lo wesilisa waseFlorida, 49, wathola ukuthi umtshuzi wasendaweni ubulawe ushaka ogwini lolwandle olungomakhelwane ngosuku olwedlule. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwenyanga ngaphambi kwalokho, isivakashi saseSan Francisco sabulawa ngenkathi sintweza olwandle oluseduze.
Ngaphambi kwalokho, ukuhlaselwa koshaka kwakungaziwa lapha. Uchwepheshe waseNyuvesi yaseFlorida uGeorge Burgess ubekule ndawo ngoLwesithathu exoxisana nofakazi, ebheka imibiko yokuhlolwa kwesidumbu futhi ebheka namabhishi ukuze athole ukuthi kungani oshaka bevele benolaka olungaka.
Ifayela le-Burgess' International Shark Attack File lirekhoda isilinganiso sokuhlaselwa kukashaka okubulalayo kane kuphela emhlabeni wonke unyaka ngamunye. Kulo nyaka, kube nenye kuphela enye ingozi yokushona kukashaka ngaphandle kwaseMexico - umtshuzi oneminyaka engu-66 ubudala owabulawa eSolana Beach, eCalif.
Ukuhlaselwa okuzungeze iZihuatanejo kudide ochwepheshe futhi, ngokushaqisayo kumabhizinisi endawo, isiphithiphithi sivimba izivakashi kude.
Ngemuva kokushona kokuqala, izikhulu ezazithukile zafaka izingwegwe eziboshweni ogwini zase zabulala inqwaba yoshaka, okwabangela ukugxekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe. Iziphathimandla zihlele ukuhlangana ngoLwesine ukuze zithole iseluleko sikaBurgess.
Isazi sezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle uChris Lowe, ophethe ilebhu yoshaka eCalifornia State University, eLong Beach, uthe kuncane izikhulu ezingakwenza ngaphandle kokuzama ukukhipha abantu emanzini nokufunda ukuthi kungani oshaka bephenduke baba nolaka olungaka. Ukuzingela akuvamile ukusiza, esho.
ULowe uphinde wathi izikhulu kufanele zibheke ukuhlasela.
“Abantu banethuba elingcono kakhulu lokubulawa wushevu wokudla beya eMexico kunokulunywa ushaka,” usho kanje. "Kuyingozi kakhulu ukushayela ogwini kunokungena emanzini."
I-International Shark File ithole ukuthi ukuhlasela bekulokhu kunyuka phakathi nekhulunyaka eledlule, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthandwa okukhulayo kwemidlalo yasemanzini njengokuntweza.
Yingakho ochwepheshe bethi ukuzingela oshaka kuyize: Ngisho noma inani loshaka lincipha, liyakhula inani labantu ababhukuda olwandle.
"Ukuthola ushaka obulalayo cishe akunakwenzeka," kusho uJose Leonardo Castillo, umphenyi omkhulu woshaka weNational Fishing Institute yaseMexico.
Ochwepheshe baseMexico bahlela ucwaningo lokubamba bese udedela ukuze bathole uhlobo loshaka obulokhu luhlasela. Futhi izikhulu zasolwandle, zicasulwe ukuhlehla kokuzingela oshaka, sezishintshele ekuhloleni oshaka ogwini lwasolwandle nezindiza ukuze zibheke oshaka eduze nogu.
Ngemva kokunxusa kaningi kwezazi zemvelo, izikhulu ziye zathembisa ukuthi zizofaka izimpawu ezinkulu eziyisixwayiso emabhishi lapho oshaka behlasele khona - okuyithemba elisabekayo kwabanye abasebhizinisini lokuntweza.
"Lezo zimpawu zizoba yinto embi kakhulu kithina," kusho uHerberto Perez Yanez, ofundisa ukuntweza futhi aqashe amabhodi olwandle iTroncones, lapho kwabulawa khona u-Adrian Ruiz oneminyaka engu-24 waseSan Francisco ngo-Ephreli 28.
“Inqwaba yabadobi lapha ngaphandle izingela oshaka, futhi akekho osho lutho. Izazi ze-ecology zithi azifuni kuzingelwa kodwa zihlezi nje emahhovisi azo kumele sibe lapha,” usho kanje.
UPerez Yanez kwaxoxwa naye ngesikhathi efundisa umbhangqwana waseTexas izifundo zokuntweza emanzini - okuwukuphela kwabantu ababili emanzini eTroncones kanye namakhasimende akhe okuqala selokhu kwashona uRuiz. Ngokuvamile ufundisa amaqembu amathathu ngesonto.
U-Lisa Rabon, waseWalnut Springs, eTexas, uthe yena nomyeni wakhe beza ukuzogubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-50 futhi bafeze iphupho lakhe lempilo yonke lokufunda ukuntweza emanzini. Akazange ezwe ngokuhlaselwa kwaze kwaba ngemva kokufika futhi wathi akakaze abone omunye umuntu emanzini.
“Bengilokhu ngizwa ngezigameko zokuhlaselwa kwabo, kodwa angibuzanga ngemininingwane. Bengingafuni ukuthi kube yingxenye yesipiliyoni sami,” kusho yena. “Uma ngicabanga ngoshaka, angisoze ngafunda.”
U-Leon Perez Yanez, umfowabo kaHerberto kanye nomongameli wenhlangano yabatshuzi yesifunda saseGuerrero, uthe okungenani amaqembu amathathu akhansele izifundo zokuntweza e-surfing naye kusukela ngokuhlaselwa kwangempelasonto.
UGrimes uthe ukhathazekile ngebhizinisi lakhe - isitolo sokuntweza asivule ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule ngesikhathi enquma ukuthuthela eZihuatanejo unomphela ngemuva kweminyaka engu-25 evakashile.
Kodwa uthe maduze uzobuyela ebhodini lakhe, futhi uqinisekile ukuthi abatshuzi abaningi ngeke bahlale isikhathi eside ngoba bayakwamukela ubungozi bemidlalo yabo.
“Ngizobuyela emuva. Yebo, ngiyisiphukuphuku leso,” kusho uGrimes, ehlola ingalo yakhe ebhandishiwe ngaphandle kwesibhedlela lapho ayesanda kuhlanzwa khona nsuku zonke. “Ngizophuma ngokushesha lapho ngikwazi khona.”
Lokho kuyingxenye yenkinga, kusho uLowe, naye othanda ukuntweza emanzini. Njengoba abantu abaningi emanzini, ezindaweni ezikude kakhulu, ukuhlaselwa akunakugwenywa.
“Kuwo wonke ushaka esiwukhipha emanzini, sifaka abantu abangu-10,” usho kanje. "Okubalulekile ukuthi ulwandle luyindawo yasendle futhi abantu kufanele bamukele izingozi lapho bengena kulo."
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