A food blogger faces up to five years in prison after illegally cooking and eating a protected great white shark.
The Chinese food vlogger, known online as Tizi, posted the viral video of herself tucking into the barbecued flesh of the shark, which cops believe she bought illegally.
“It may look vicious, but its meat is truly super tender,” she says in the video, which sparked fury online.
In the video, Tizi, who has around eight million followers on the Chinese streaming channel Douyin, is seen collecting the six-foot shark at a seafood shop in the southwestern city of Nanchong in Sichuan province,
The US Sun reports.
She unwraps the creature in front of a curious crowd, even lying down next to the shark to show its size in comparison to her.
The shark is sliced in half before its tale is barbecued and its head boiled in a spicy broth.
She then shared the food with local villagers who all raved about its taste.