Zebra sharks at the Paris Aquarium

Brut America

"If we keep catching as many sharks, they will become extinct within 20 years. And if sharks were to go extinct it would devastate the entire marine ecosystem."

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00:00At the Aquarium of La Rochelle, they have a male Zebra shark, so they were looking for a female.

00:25And since we have a female, we were very happy to let her go

00:29to mate with the male.

00:45Zebra sharks live in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

00:48They are tropical sharks.

00:50The three we currently have, which are adults, come from Malaysia.

00:53When it is born, it is zebra, black and white.

00:55That's why it's called the Zebra shark.

00:57It is very distinct, with well-defined stripes.

01:00And then, when it grows up, it starts to have spots, spots.

01:03And its coat changes completely around 2-3 years,

01:06where it becomes yellow with black spots.

01:08So now it looks like a leopard.

01:10It is a threatened species.

01:11It is vulnerable.

01:12It is its IUCN status, so for the protection of nature.

01:16It is a species that needs to be preserved.

01:20That's why we are lucky enough to be able to reproduce it at the Aquarium,

01:24which avoids taking samples in nature.

01:26Sharks are currently really threatened.

01:28There are people who think that if we continue to catch as many sharks,

01:32that is, 100 million sharks each year that are caught,

01:35well, we could see the sharks disappear in 20 years.

01:39So it's really urgent to react.

01:41Sharks are caught, they are slaughtered, you could say,

01:45for their fins, because it is a very profitable trade.

01:48The shark is a super predator.

01:50It is the one who regulates, let's say, the ecosystems.

01:53So it has a fundamental role.

01:55And if sharks were to disappear,

01:56it would be the entire marine ecosystem that would be disrupted.

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