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The suicide of a young Chinese boy in the Tianjin province has highlighted once more the growing dangers of game addiction, when those responsible don't understand or notice the risks of unhealthy play. Xiao Yi was thirteen when he threw himself from the top of a twenty-four story tower block in his home town, leaving notes that spoke of his addiction and his hope of being reunited with fellow cyber-players in heaven. The suicide notes were written through the eyes of a gaming character, so reports the China Daily, and stated that he hoped to meet three gaming friends in the after life. His parents, who had noticed with growing concern his affliction, were not mentioned in the letters.

My kid was like someone taking drugs who could not control himself,"

"His mother and I were very worried about him. But we knew little about the Internet and we did not know how to save him." Previously, Xiao's parents had found him starving after two days and nights in an internet cafe playing online role-playing games. When questioned about his bizarre behaviour, his father said that a tearful Xiao had told him that he had been poisoned by games and could no longer control himself.

There is however, a creature far more predacious than the shark: Humans.

Yet, in a relatively short period of time, humans and their technological arsenal have driven most shark populations to the verge of extinction.

These are ecosystems that have evolved over millions and millions of years," said Knights. "As soon as you start to take out an important part of it, it's like a brick wall, you take out bricks [and] eventually it's going to collapse."

In Mexico, the use of shark fin is widely accepted as an alternative medicine for prostate cancer,

The Chinese use shark fin as a type of health tonic comparable to the consumption of chicken soup

high levels of mercury that are often found in shark meat can actually cause infertility,