Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to fill the water around Qatar with sharks, crocodiles and man-eating piranhas as part of further attempts to isolate its Gulf rival.

“We are currently in the process of acquiring literally thousands of ferocious great white and tiger sharks,” an unnamed Saudi minister was quoted as saying by the Sabq Online Newspaper, adding that a “ring of impenetrable steel” would be installed to keep the deadly animals in place close to Qatar’s shoreline.

The minister said that several other options had been considered, including the construction of pipeline that would funnel all Saudi waste “directly into central Doha.”