"Internet celebrity blogger suspected of cooking a great white shark was reported" attracts attention
What is a shark?
Where does it come from?
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In the past few days, a video of an Internet celebrity food blogger shooting boiled sharks and grilling sharks has attracted the attention of the entire Internet.
Some popular science bloggers reported that the shark was actually an internationally endangered wild animal, the Great White Shark (also known as the shark), which belongs to the second-level national protected animal. The Sichuan Nanchong police then intervened in the investigation.
On the evening of July 14, the reporter contacted the Internet celebrity blogger "Tizi" involved, and the other party said that the shark in the video was a "sharp-toothed shark", "I got it through regular channels, and we are also looking for a lawyer here. It's all those people talking nonsense."
On July 16, the reporter contacted the netizen "Mythical Q Bangfeng" (hereinafter referred to as "Mr. Q") who first reported the matter, and he told some of the things behind the report.
On the same day, the reporter learned from a person close to the case that the police have now found the Internet celebrity blogger "Tizi" to investigate, and will also collect relevant evidence and find an authoritative agency for identification.
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Post "Cooking Sharks" Video
Food Bloggers Reported
In the video posted on the Internet, the food blogger opened a package at the door of a store, which contained a huge "shark", which attracted many onlookers.
Afterwards, the blogger and others transported the "shark" to the countryside, where it was segmented for boiling and grilling.
In the video screen, the subtitle of "artificial breeding and edible" is written in the upper left corner.
The reporter found that the blogger named "Tizi" has more than 1 million followers on a short video platform, and he mainly publishes videos of making food with seafood.
However, the "shark video" reported by netizens is no longer available.
On the evening of July 15, netizen "Mr. Q" updated a Weibo message: "I reported the blogger who illegally ate great white sharks. It may be a bit sudden, but I don't plan to continue to hide it now."
On July 16, "Mr. Q" told reporters that the clue about "Internet celebrity anchors eating great white sharks" originally came from a screenshot of the QQ group.
At 10:38 a.m. on July 14, someone posted a video screenshot of the anchor "Tizi" and the shark in the QQ group.
Afterwards, I went to the short video platform to search for the account of "Tizi", "According to the details of the video and the feedback from the group friends, I confirm that it is a great white shark."
According to the video content released by "Tizi", the shark in the video weighs about 100 pounds and is slightly larger than the anchor "Tizi" himself.
After watching the video, "Mr. Q" then reported it to the short video platform. Half an hour later, the short video platform gave him feedback, saying that video pushes had been reduced.
That afternoon, "Mr. Q" and some netizens called the Nandu District Fisheries Administration to report.
"Mr. Q" didn't expect this matter to get so much attention.
He said that even if there is no such thing as the anchor "eating" great white sharks this time, such incidents may continue to occur. He hopes that everyone can better protect our marine ecology, and does not hope that future generations will know about the great white shark in the future. , only through museums and documents, "If we can't even protect the great white shark, how can we have the confidence to protect other sharks, and how can we have the confidence to protect the marine ecology?"
Question 1
Is it a great white shark or a sharp-toothed shark?
The blogger involved: It's a sharp-toothed shark, obtained through formal channels
On the evening of July 14, the reporter contacted the blogger "Tizi". The other party said that the "shark" in the video was not a human-devouring shark or an endangered animal, but a "sharp-toothed shark". Come on, we are also looking for a lawyer here. It's all those people who talk nonsense." The blogger said that these people are slandering, and the police have not contacted her yet.
Some netizens who have watched the video suspect that the "shark" in the video is probably just a prop for the blogger to shoot the video.
This question, the blogger has not yet responded to reporters.
Professional: It is a great white shark, and there is no artificial breeding at present
According to media reports, Zhou Zhuocheng, chairman of the China Fisheries Association's Native Aquatic Organism and Water Ecology Professional Committee, said that the shark in the video is a man-eating shark, also known as a great white shark, which is a second-class national protected animal.
According to the law, after fishing, it needs to be thrown into the sea regardless of life or death. It is illegal to go ashore, sell or buy, and there is no artificial breeding of sharks.
Netizen "Black-scale Cockscomb Snake" is a well-known science blogger with 2.31 million followers, a research tutor, and a natural science writer.
He is also paying attention to the "Internet celebrity anchor eats shark" incident these days.
On July 16, "Black-Scaled Cockscomb Snake" said in an interview with reporters, "From the perspective of appearance characteristics, that shark is a national second-class protected animal, the great white shark (human shark). The common name for the shark. The shape of the big shark is significantly different from the great white shark, and it is not as big as the shark in the video.”
The netizen "Black-Scaled Cockscomb Snake" introduced that great white sharks are distributed worldwide, and there are records in my country's Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and Bohai Sea, but large sharks, including great white sharks, currently have no artificial breeding populations and cannot be cultured artificially." The anchor's so-called 'farming of big sharks' is a myth."
Question 2
Where did this shark come from?
Whistleblower:
or suspected of illegal trafficking chains
The well-known science blogger "Black-Scaled Cockscomb Snake" analyzed that if the shark in the video is a great white shark, it should have been illegally trafficked from the coast to Sichuan.
"According to the current wildlife protection law, the capture of national first- and second-level protected aquatic wild animals such as great white sharks is not allowed to be sold without permission. Even if it is dead, it is not allowed to come ashore for sale. The national first-level and second-level aquatic wildlife protection that can be sold is not allowed. Animals can only be marked 'wild species only' on the list, and the relevant documents are complete to prove that they are from artificially bred individuals."
"Mr. Q" also said that the shark in the "Tizi" video was filmed in Nanchong. Based on this, he analyzed that the shark should have been transported to Nanchong from a coastal supplier through cold chain transportation, which involved an illegal chain. , and to know where the supplier is, only the anchor himself and his group.
"Mr. Q" hopes to find more clues.
"I tentatively put forward a preliminary action plan in the group, and 5 people responded successively, so I established an action planning group chat." "Mr. Q" said that according to the planning action, the 6 of them became the anchor "Tizi". The fans of , first tentatively expressed their desire to buy sharks in the comment area, but the anchor only responded to the top two comments (suspected to be the first and second list at the time), and several people then booked the live broadcast at 7:30 that night.
Before the live broadcast, "Mr. Q" made a simple role delineation in the group. Some people pretended to be the purchasers of non-local aquatic products stores. Some people went to the live broadcast room to first propose to buy shark meat. There are followers, and some want to taste shark meat. child.
"In order to ensure the response from the anchor 'Tizi', the 6 of us will try our best to be on the list. Before the live broadcast, I and 'Snake Bone' (screen name) each charged money and joined the anchor fan group." "Mr. Q" Said that that night, "Tizi" began to live broadcast and bring goods on the short video platform. A few of them went to the live broadcast room to leave a message and refresh the screen according to the previous plan, and then gave the anchor "Tizi" a gift as a reward.
"Because the anchor has been selling products that the fans don't want, the top ten of the first list have left the live broadcast room one after another. I took the opportunity to rush to the second list, and 'Snake Bone' rushed to the sixth list." "Mr. Q" said, but , At this time, something unexpected happened to a few people. As the "shark" incident gradually fermented on the Internet, many netizens poured into the live broadcast room, and they swiped the screen to ask why "Tizi" ate "Great White Shark".
"Mr. Q" said that the sudden change in the live broadcast room caused himself and his teammates to be unable to ask "Tizi" questions as originally planned, and finally "Tizi" was also released ahead of schedule.
"Mr. Q" told reporters that on July 15, they successively called the fishery administration of the relevant areas where the sharks may have come from, and told him about the relevant situation. Later, the relevant departments of the southern acting area took the initiative to contact him to understand the relevant situation.
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Police launch investigation
The blogger has been found
The reporter looked through the videos taken by the netizen "Tizi" and found that he had shopped at the seafood market in Nanchong, Sichuan.
On the evening of July 14, the reporter contacted a manager of a seafood market in Nanchong City. The other party said that he knew the Internet celebrity food blogger who had bought seafood at the seafood market.
The official said the internet celebrity blogger would sometimes bring seafood in his car and film it inside the market.
However, he doesn't know much about the internet celebrity blogger.
The above-mentioned staff member said that he had also seen the "shark" video shot by the Internet celebrity blogger, saying that it was not in their market, and there was no shark for sale in the market, and watching the video, the "shark" looked like a frozen product.
Later, after contacting some vendors in the market, the above-mentioned market managers reported the situation to the reporter again, saying that some Internet celebrity bloggers often come to the market to shoot videos, and most of the time they bring their own frozen goods, and then soak them. In the water, occasionally buy some common seafood in the market.
The manager also said that all the seafood sold in the market is very common. "I also asked the merchants in our market, and they said that who dares to sell sharks if they didn't get sharks?"
It was later proved that the place where "Tizi" photographed the shark was at the entrance of an aquatic product store in Gaoping District, Nanchong, and the shark was also brought by "Tizi", who borrowed the venue in front of the aquatic product store to shoot.
On the morning of July 15, the reporter visited a community that appeared in the "Tizi" video. The uncle of the guard said that two young girls had indeed taken videos in the community before.
The uncle of the doorman recognized that the blogger "Tizi" in the video was one of the girls who had taken videos in the community before, but he was not a resident of the community.
At present, the Forest and Food and Drug Environmental Investigation Detachment of the Public Security Bureau of Sichuan Nanchong City has been involved in the investigation.
As for the source of the shark in the "Tizi" video, and whether the shark is the "great white shark" questioned by netizens or the "sharp-toothed shark" in the mouth of "Tizi", it is still pending further investigation by the police.
On July 16, a person familiar with the matter told reporters that the police have now found the Internet celebrity blogger "Tizi" to investigate, and will also collect relevant evidence and find an authoritative agency for identification.
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Buying and selling great white shark teeth
Both buyers and sellers jailed
The reporter searched and found that the People's Court of Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province had heard a case of buying and selling great white shark teeth in 2019.
The content of the judgment document shows that in September 2012, the defendant Zhang sold three great white shark (also known as human shark) teeth to the defendant Gu at a price of 18,000 yuan.
After identification, 2 of the 3 shark teeth belonged to the human shark, which is a protected animal listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
After the incident, the defendants Gu and Zhang arrived at the case after being notified by the public security organ, and both truthfully confessed the above facts and pleaded guilty.
The Dongtai City People's Court held that Gu's illegal purchase of precious and endangered wildlife products constituted the crime of illegally purchasing precious and endangered wildlife products.
Zhang Mou illegally sold precious and endangered wildlife products, and his behavior constituted the crime of illegally selling precious and endangered wildlife products, and he should be punished.
In the end, Gu was sentenced to five months' detention, suspended for six months, and fined 5,000 yuan for the crime of illegally purchasing precious and endangered wildlife products; Zhang was sentenced to five months' detention for the crime of illegally selling precious and endangered wildlife products , suspended for six months and fined 5,000 yuan.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Wang Chao and Zhang Qian