Shark Fin Soup = Viagra

Well to some Asian's it seems. The practice of catching sharks for their fins and tossing the rest in the ocean has long been a controversial subject. Shark fin soup is supposedly an aphrodesiac. I think it is a disgusting practice. For one, sharks are desperately needed at the top of the marine food chain and mass fishing throws off the balance in our oceans. Two, if it's going to happen and we can't find a way to stop it why waste the rest of the shark? Their meat has obvious benefits to those that are starving to death around the world and their cartilage is being used in cutting edge cancer research. Now it seems our buddies at Yahoo! are unwittingly supporting this industry. (See Jen, I have a little bit of animal lover in me!)

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