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Zoological conspiracy theories involving Israel are occasionally found in the media or on the Internet, typically in Muslim-majority countries, alleging use of animals by Israel to attack civilians or to conduct espionage. These conspiracies are often reported as evidence of a Zionist or Israeli plot. Examples include the December 2010 shark attacks in Egypt, Hezbollah claims of capturing Israeli spying eagles,〔(Hezbollah: We have captured an Israeli 'spy eagle' in Lebanon ) Jerusalem Post, By YASSER OKBI, THE POST CORRESPONDENT. 10/16/2013〕 and the 2011 capture in Saudi Arabia of a griffon vulture carrying an Israeli-labeled satellite tracking device. ==Shark attacks== In December 2010, several shark attacks occurred off the South Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Following the attacks, in an interview on Tawfik Okasha's popular but controversial ''Egypt Today'' television show, a Captain Mustafa Ismail, introduced as "a famous diver," alleged that the GPS tracking device found on one of the sharks was in fact a "guiding device" planted by Israeli agents. Prompted in a television interview for comments, the governor of South Sinai, Mohammad Abdul Fadhil Shousha, initially said: "What is being said about the Mossad throwing the deadly shark (the sea ) to hit tourism in Egypt is not out of the question. But it needs time to confirm." The Israeli foreign ministry, in response, suggested that Shousha had seen "''Jaws'' one time too many." The governor later dismissed the event as being connected to Israel. Describing the conspiracy connection to Israel as "sad," Professor Mahmoud Hanafy, a marine biologist at Suez Canal University, pointed out that GPS devices are used by marine biologists to track sharks, not to remote-control them.〔 Egyptian officials suggested that the attacks were due to overfishing, illegal feeding, the dumping overboard of sheep carcasses, or unusually high water temperatures. Amr Yossef, adjunct professor of political science at the American University in Cairo, wrote that this and other similar conspiracy theories result from a misconception among the Egyptian public that Israel is all-powerful. Yossef wrote, "Notwithstanding that such allegations have no factual or logical grounds, no one stops to ask why should an Israel facing serious security challenges (Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc.) busy itself with that kind of stuff."〔Amr Yossef (29 May 2011) "(In defense of reason, not Israel. )" ''Daily News Egypt''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Israel-related animal conspiracy theories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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