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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:47 AM
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Shark jumps itself and commits suicide
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/20/shark-commits-suicide-on-water-slide/

A shark at at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas jumped out of its seawater enclosure onto a nearby water slide and slid down into the swimming pool! No one was in the pool Tuesday morning when it happened.

“Yesterday morning at around 9:30 AM, prior to the resort’s waterscape opening to guests, a 12+-year-old female reef shark jumped over an 18 inch wide and 1 foot high sustaining structure into the resort’s Leap of Faith water slide.

The Atlantis Aquarists believe the shark was startled by an unusual circumstance that we have no way of defining completely. In the over ten years guests have experienced the Leap of Faith, the reef shark itself, harmless to humans as it is fed regularly by our staff, had shown no previous incidences of leaping out of the water in the marine habitat …

The aquarium staff immediately retrieved the shark from the pool, but the chlorinated water had already poisoned the fish. She died shortly after.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:49 AM
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1. That is some weird, wild stuff
Edited on Tue Dec-23-08 10:49 AM by Richardo
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 10:58 AM
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2. Was Fonzie around?
:shrug:
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 11:17 AM
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3. leap of faith, huh?
maybe the shark was a Christian?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 11:43 AM
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4. And if it were a Muslim, it would have taken out a bunch of other sharks along with itself.
Edited on Tue Dec-23-08 11:44 AM by HypnoToad
What's the current stereotype for agnostics?

If we're going to bash, let's be equal about them all - in terms of making silly comments or drawing a line between rules and claimed followers who opt not to follow despite claiming to be a follower.
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