A man-eating shark off the South African coast has sparked a frenzy for revenge after it swallowed a young man whole last Saturday, leaving nothing behind but the tattered remains of his wetsuit.
The shark everyone is looking for is, for once, easy to distinguish from other great whites that patrol the waters off Cape Town. Embedded in its flesh is the spear fired at it in a last, desperate attempt to fend it off seconds before it ate 22-year-old student Henri Murray, who was out spearfishing with a friend.
Fishermen have since spotted the 6-metre shark and locals are calling for it to be killed.
'If you stick a grenade down its throat you send a clear message to the sharks - this is not a safe place to hunt,' said Godfrey Mocke, of the Swimsafe Project in Cape Town. 'The sharks are being lured here by cage dive operators and nature documentary makers who 'chum' [pour blood and offal into] the water. Sharks are beginning to think humans are easy prey.'
Mr Mocke is convinced that once people begin killing sharks that come close to the beaches, sharks will stop killing people.
'Animals have ways of communicating and we should teach them to respect our territory.'