It certainly takes a lot of guts to overcome the natural sense of shame to exhibit your body as created by God in public - even if you are a good-looking guy or gal.

It is not a consolation but at least we now know what led most likely to the recent large-scale deaths of the tiger sharks of the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area

To understand why, let me share these images with you; they were all taken in 2008 when Aliwal Shoal was at its best.

Three and a half years ago, when it became evident that reckless commercial fishermen were killing tiger sharks in the Aliwal Shoal MPA openly, I would say: Yes, near threatened, to use the classification of CITES.

and, finally, a new chapter in the Shark Dive Operation manuals throughout South Africa - and beyond.

At least three big tiger sharks, possibly as many as eight sharks, from the school well known to the diving community at Aliwal Shoal on the South Coast are suspected to have been illegally captured and killed for meat. Tourists and diving charter owners watched with horror on Friday afternoon at Rocky Bay as a ski boat brought the headless sharks to shore before packing them into a truck and driving off with their tails hanging over the back of the vehicle.