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Original Post Date: 2009-05-19 Time: 12:00:03 Posted By: Jan
By Ramadhani Kupaza
Arusha – Some prominent tycoons in Tanzania call each other names in the wake of the current unpredictable war against corruption in the country.
The tycoons call each other “sharks” or “whales” to express the fact that corrupt individuals that rank high in society cripple the country’s economy and destroy abilities of other Tanzanians to develop significantly.
Corrupt individuals are referred to as sharks or whales in Tanzania because the animals are perceived to be life-threatening instinct-driven “eating machines.” It implies that corruption is thought to be that serious. The accusations seriously damage the image of the accused. The war of words among tycoons tempts to explore further the perceived relationships between corrupt individuals, sharks and whales.
Various approaches can be used to compare or distinguish corrupt individuals from sharks or whales. Start with biology. Whales are related to people because like humans they are categorized as mammals. On the other hand, sharks are fish.
It appears that many of the mentioned corrupt individuals are based at coastal areas in Dar es Salaam. Likewise, sharks and whales are also residents at the coast since they are generally marine animals.
In terms of population numbers, the media inform that there is no shortage of corrupt individuals in Tanzania. In fact, the number has been increasing. Officials can publish relevant statistics to confirm or dispute the claim.
On the contrary, literature, as quoted from Wikipedia Website on 8 / 5 /2009 informs that whale populations are being depleted. Uncontrolled commercial hunting has reduced some large whale populations so much that the animals are in danger of extinction. Humans are to blame.
As regards sharks, populations of some shark species have declined by some 70% during the recent years. The 2007 documentary titled Sharkwater exposed how sharks are being hunted to extinction in part due to the massive Asian demand for shark fin soup.
Sadly, it is difficult to obtain adequate support to conserve sharks. The reason is that the animals, like corrupt individuals have acquired poor public image. But it is not the animals’ fault.
A tycoon has been quoted saying that some of the corrupt individuals would kill fellow humans in order to protect their selfish interests. In contrast there is overwhelming scientific evidence which shows that whales are not violent creatures. The animals do not attack ships, kill or eat sailors as documented in some literature.
Contrary to popular belief, only four out of more than 360 species of sharks have been involved in significant number of unprovoked attacks on people. An organization called International Shark Attack File has reported that unprovoked sharks killed four people per year world wide on average between 2001 and 2006.
The hammerhead sharks may attack people. The animals use a technology called electroreception to sense and determine location of objects they pursue. The objects could be living things or boats if the vessels emit electronic signals that are similar to those from living things. A boat emits such signal when the metal parts of the vessel rust and mix with salts from the sea water. The signals from the boats may become strong enough to attract sharks from kilometers away.
Another tycoon accused the other for behaving like a whale rather than a shark in his business practices. It implies that as a whale, the accused causes more destruction to lives and the economy in Tanzania than his counterparts that he categorizes as sharks. The tycoon that made the accusation was making inference to the fact that whales could make more destruction because they are relatively bigger than sharks.
To be sure, size is not always an accurate indicator of the extent of destruction an animal could cause. In fact, research shows that sharks attack and kill whales rather than the other way round. It happens even though sharks are smaller than whales in general. Following that line of reasoning, it suggests that the less known corrupt individuals in Tanzania might be equally destructive to the economy of the country particularly when they are in large numbers. They should be watched as well.
Meanwhile, the fact is that the blue whale is the largest living animal. It can grow up to 35 meters in length and weigh 150 tons. By the way, 150 tons is equivalent to the weight of 150 land rovers.
In contrast, the largest shark can grow up to 12 meters and weigh much less than the blue whale. Incidentally, there are tiny sharks as well. The dwarf lantern shark is only 17 centimeters in length.
Religion, literature, film and television are partly responsible for influencing people to fear whales and sharks and to associate the animals with destructive acts such as corruption. The Quran and King James Version of the Bible as quoted from Wikipedia Website scare followers about whales: “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whales belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40).
Sharks like whales are also victims of negative publicity that they don’t deserve. Fictional works about shark attacks such as the Jaws film series have popularized the perception that sharks are dangerous animals. The author of Jaws, Peter Benchley, had in his later years attempted to correct the image of sharks as man-eating monsters. Clearly, Benchley has not convinced the tycoons in Tanzania that call each other “sharks” or “whales” to mean corrupt individuals who are overwhelmingly destructive to peoples’ lives in the country.
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Original date published: 17 May 2009
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/200905181095.html?viewall=1