What’s wrong with shark meat?
Shark meat carries mercury. The big fish eat the little fish and the mercury builds up. The sharks live long and the poison stays in their flesh. You eat it and it stays in you too.
Most shark meat smells like piss if not cleaned right. The sharks have urea in their blood. The meat rots fast. You must clean it fast and proper or it goes bad.
The sharks are dying out. Men hunt them for soup. The fins go in the pot and the rest goes back in the sea. It is a waste.
Some people still eat them – Icelanders have hákarl. Foul stuff, smells like hell. They bury the meat and let it rot. Then they eat it. They drink brennivín to kill the taste.
The FDA says pregnant women should not eat shark. The mercury is bad for babies. The old and sick should not eat it either.
All true. Not one lie.
