A shark went astray and captured Korea's heart - will she finally make it back to sea?
A million people went to Busan to look at a single dusky shark, and that alone tells you more about us than about the shark. We named her Bukangi, we worry about her, we want her to find her way home. There's something almost absurd about a city of humans rooting for a predator to leave them, but it speaks to how much we crave a wild world that still works on its own terms.
I think the real pull is the mystery. A shark getting lost suggests the ocean is a place we don't fully understand, a place where even the creatures built for it can wander. Maybe we recognize something of ourselves in that, the sense of being off course and hoping someone is watching out for us.
I'd want to know how she ended up in Busan in the first place, whether it was currents or something stranger. And whether the crowd's affection changes anything for her. Probably not. But the fact that a million people cared enough to look, that's the part I'll remember.