This Is Why a Shark-Filled Aquarium in a Shopping Center Is a Bad Idea
As shoppers came and went from a Shanghai shopping center last week, a 33-ton decorative aquarium in the lobby suddenly shattered, sending gallons of water, fish, turtles and three live lemon sharks on top of people who were standing nearby.
As Deadspin points out, the sharks are harmless to humans, so luckily no shoppers needed to be treated for shark bites. However, three sharks died and 15 people were reportedly injured by broken glass.
“There were lots of injuries caused by flying glass, some of them serious because the glass was so thick. We are investigating what caused this,” a police spokesman told the Austrian Times.
“There was no warning. Just a loud crack and it went. I’ve never been so scared,” one worker said.
An official with the shopping center said they are not going to “build an aquarium again in the future.”
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THXll38
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:31pmI hope the shark(s) are okay.
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SendTheMeteors
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:52pmEven though we’re talking about China, a country not known for engineering excellence, presumably the aquarium walls weren’t actually made out of glass. If they were, that by itself explains the failure of the walls. Large aquariums don’t use glass, they use acrylic, which is a polymer. Plastic in other words.
I know you don’t care. But it make the story itself suspect.
As you were.
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Zipit
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:08pmHey meteors! Back from Christmas at the parents house?
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CatB
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:27pmGet tanks FULL of sharks and put it on the floors of Congress .. if they don’t cut the budget .. RELEASE THE SHARKS .. ;-)
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FormerLEAcademyInstructor
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 11:01pmMade In China ’bout says it all…
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kryptonite
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:25amBarry Petchesky once noted that human life takes precedence over that of an animal (the context was Michael Vick’s dogs). However, when he is spontaneously relaying news Petchesky says, “[T]hree sharks died and 15 people were reportedly injured by broken glass,” implying that dead sharks matter more or as much as injured human beings.
There you have the liberal mind in a nutshell: a cesspool of cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy. This man’s liberal heart bleeds for a dead shark, but, geez, give Vick the dog killer a pass, will ya? After all, a dog doesn’t have a soul (but lemon sharks are an endangered species, is that it?). Or maybe Petchesky was gently chiding his readers for their inability to forgive a black man, thereby exposing their deep-seated racist attitude. That would explain the apparent contradiction, given Petchesky’s fictional view of another black man, Obama, whom he describes as an “elegant, well-educated, cerebral black man.” We’re talking the black Einstein. But no, dude. Somehow your remark sounds eerily similar to Bozo the Clown’s when he called Obama an “African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”
Petchesky is a product of Columbia University, so here’s the point of my seemingly off-topic comment: It is our God-given duty to protect our kids’ malleable brains and open hearts (souls) from the ravages of the liberal educational system.
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asybot12
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:50amhey cat I was under the impression those jerks in the house and senate WERE the sharks! lol
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QuincySmith
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:24amTHXll38;
There were three sharks in the tank, and three died.
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westfayetteville
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:44amreminds me of the yellow pages ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzZT45xObDI
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RamonPreston
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:27pm@Catb Congress is already full of sharks.
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ltb
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:12pmHard to believe we actually borrow trillions from these people.
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mcmeador
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:59pmSo why exactly is a shark-filled aquarium in a mall a bad idea? It’s not like the sharks bit anyone when the aquarium cracked. What was in the aquarium or where it was located is irrelevant in this story. You might as well say, “This is why an aquarium anywhere is a bad idea.”
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Thevoice
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:11pmSeeing as this happened in China. You just know in twenty minutes there was a “fresh Shark roll” dinner special down at the malls restaurant. Sorry you can just hear it in your head. Yes ..Very fresh …You want the sticky rice and won ton…
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KIWL-DA-WABBIT
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:21pmCheap Chinese craftsmanship, cheap glass!
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Joyzee
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:22pmSmells like Fish..!!.i pee my pants, no not funny fish hit me in brawls.
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SREGN
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:44amRemmon Shaak. Lun.
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RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:20pmWell, of course the sharks died. They were Lemon sharks, made in China by Chevy.
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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:05pmFunny!
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asybot12
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:52amThanks, that one made me laugh out loud!!!
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Centurian
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:09pm“However, three sharks died and 15 people were reportedly injured by broken glass.”
Yep. The three sharks died….two hours later, down the street, at the local restaurant. Along with several other turtles and marine life…
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RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:14pmTastes like chicken?
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rickc34
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:15pmThe sharks had chinese for their last meal. They split onedumboy before the main course.
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RamonPreston
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:29pmTurtle soup? I haven’t heard of it in years.
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GoodStuff
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:07pmAh, China.
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ZAP
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:59pmThis is why God put fish in the oceans and not in shopping malls
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marie77
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:26pmTouche!
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sligresda
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:58pmlol, nailed it!
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charles116
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:43pmAnd free sushi was had by all!
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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:02pmYou don’t make sense!
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charles116
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:12pmSo you don’t eat shark pre slice by cut glass?
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bonesiii
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:42pmNo warning? How about the “it’s a wall of glass in China” part?
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jcldwl
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:42pmanother quality product made in China
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David1967
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:38pmI think I have seen this movie before. Kind of makes you feel sorry for the sharks.
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:06pmMission Impossible. Right?
What number is the Seafood with Chinese Vegetables again?
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chips1
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:35pmHope it wasn’t built by the same company that built the Three Gorges Dam.
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:39pmLol
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asybot12
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:54amThank god that one was built by a Canadian Co.
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asybot12
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:55amJust hope they did not use Chinese concrete!
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DisgustedinUSA
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:35pmWell then, its time to get rid of all Fish tanks, cause three sharks died from it breaking and 15 people were hurt. Time to flush my DELTA fish down the toilet and throw the little bowl away.
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urrybr
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:23amWe should ban ALL fish tanks because of the danger they pose. Just think of the poor injured shoppers, during this breakage spree. It’s good the sharks died, save the taxpayers money in legal fees and housing at the shark prison.
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vic138
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:33pmI wonder what kind of sharks were in there. Cause they need to be banned. I say the US government tell china, “no more sharks!”
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ConserveChrist
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:21pmIt’s Obvious many posters don’t take the time to read the articles….yes, the sharks died, and they were Lemon Sharks. Wow, take time to post something without reading the short article?
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AllLost
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:24pmAh Socialist Government workers producing product of great value…..it is so sad for Chevy.
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hi-polymer
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:23pmI suppose the guy who designed the tank will be promptly sentenced to death for he embarrassment he’s caused the state.
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GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:21pmNot to worry. You diden’t build that.
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RamonPreston
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:31pmObama did???
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banjarmon
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:17pmMade in China!
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Cybil
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:15pmExactly KAO, the bad idea was having the Chinese build and maintain the aquarium.
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:14pmI’m sure this tragedy was caused by some right-wing-bible-thumping-redneck-AR-15-Bushmaster-.223 (with flash suppression)-NRA Member-Obama hating-Hater of the New Amerika shooting this fish tank just to be MEAN. (sarc. off)
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:19pmOH CRAP! I forgot to mention the Tea Party! My bad.
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RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 7:16pmLibs will mentally interpolate it as a matter of course. /sarc
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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:04pmand a large capacity magazine.
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Berbel73
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:13pmKnock, knock, knock… Who is it? …Candygram…
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:20pmLand-shark!
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NancyBee
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:25pmlol
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Yeah_Buddy
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:09pmWhat, no shark fin soup?
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scrapadapolis
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:08pmBan shark tanks there UN,,
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asybot12
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:58amI wonder if that was part of agenda 21: No sharks allowed outside the tanks.
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Zipit
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:07pmThey forgot to take the freakin “laser beams”, off the sharks heads before they put them in the aquarium!
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Kaoscontrol
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:07pmIt must be a cheap Chinese knockoff of a real aquarium.
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Walkabout
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:36pmThe Chinese hired Europeans to maintain some of their aquariums. I do not know why this is so, but I know it as a fact. I do not know of they are still doing this but last decade they were.
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