Shamu Part 2: SHARK ATTACK!
Straight jacked from the New York Times:
One day after an orca at Sea World in Orlando dragged a female trainer into his tank by her ponytail, causing her death, a crack appeared in a huge aquarium in a Dubai mall filled with hundreds of sharks.
Dubai’s Gulf News reported that witnesses saw water leaking from the mall’s massive fish tank, which holds more than 2 million gallons of water and 33,000 captive sea creatures. According to the Dubai newspaper, “It is believed that a leak occurred in the 270-degree acrylic walk-through tunnel, but it was sealed quickly.”
A spokesman for the country’s civil defense force told The National, another Emirates newspaper, that “the situation is under control and a team is working on fixing the problem.” The National also reported that “as many as 300 cleaners were deployed to mop the water off the floors.”
Woulda been sweet to see some carnage.
March 1st, 2010 at 8:25 pm
This is so funny. Yesterday I saw a banner in LA saying that the LACMA has that one painting we saw while I was in Boston: John Copley’s “Watson Gets Owned By A Shark” or something like that, and I thought of you. Anyway, this news story is almost exactly a recurring aquarium nightmare I have.
I like you’re coverage. Very titilating…for lack of a better word.