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Attempt to Catch a Shark During Live Broadcast on Australian TV Takes Unexpected Turn
- Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:49am by
Jessie Abrams
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Nowadays it’s pretty easy for embarrassing blunders and funny videos to catapult themselves to the forefront of news blogs, Facebook feeds, and twitter posts almost instantaneously.
You remember Brian Collins and the South Carolina contestant for Miss Teen 2007, right? Their tongue-twisted remarks were unfortunately caught on camera and became the butt of jokes for everyone from journalists to high school football teams.
And today a news team in Australia may have earned a spot in the group when a serious story about a shark living in a popular Gold Coast swimming spot ended with the reporter reeling in a live duck.
Take a look at the segment that, somewhat surprisingly (maybe?) doesn’t seem to bother the laid-back news team.
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obamanation
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:47pmAustralian news is funny!!!
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 8:34pmFunny,funny people. I bet they have fun.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:24pmI was hoping the shark would go for the duck!
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:30pmThis might actually be the funniest news bit in history, No Bullsharking!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:52pmUsed to fish for sharks in the Black Sea! I found out from the local fishermen that if you grab the shark by the tail (and DON’T LET GO), it cannot reach back to bite you! They cannot bite their own tail! Just don‘t hold it too close and don’t take your eyes off them! But to wrestle one from a kayak, right down in the water–that is COURAGE, FOOLHARDY COURAGE! Wow! What a catch! I wonder who got tired first! And, once the shark was ‘boated’ on the kayak, what do you do next? Paddle to shore, or beg for a tow? And, how do you negotiate the surf with the shark? If he gets loose, is he so happy to be free that he (/she) swims away, or does it turn and try and take a nick out of it’s tormentor?
Report Post »Rob
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 10:24pmYeah, I heard the same about holding up rattlesnakes by their tail….but I ain’t gonna try it….
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:47pmNobody wants to comment on the kayaker hand-wrastling a live shark in the same broadcast video?
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:28pmGood cast…….hit and caught a duck on the first try.
Report Post »colt191145
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:39pmstill laughing.
Report Post »red1
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:50pmHa!
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:02pmFunny
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:02pmHa! :D
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:22pmBIG BAIT….little bird….funny….needed the laugh after seeing and hearing BO!
Report Post »rickysteamboat2
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:03pmI needed that. “I gotta BIRD!” And he reels it in for like 15 yards.lol I love this.
Report Post »Richard Compton
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:24amGreat live TV would love to see more like that, too many stuffed shirts and so called experts for my tastes most of the time!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:00amI feel sorry for the poor duck! Imagine having a fish hook in your gullet!
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:23pmIf you look at the way the duck was moving around, the line was most likely wrapped around it’s leg.
Report Post »hannahh
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:31amVery funny…gotta laugh sometime!
Report Post »LMW
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:09amI agree, it would be great to see news presented with real people instead of the stiff shirts and skirts. The quip about Peking Duck was great. News can be serious but also fun and thes people seem to have it right.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:33amSo, why didn’t the news about the USA Kayak- er make the news over here??? Or did it, and I missed it? That was some cool, I thought.
Been close enough scuba diving to reach out and touch a shark that swam in front of me once. Nearly swallowed my mouth gear over that incident.
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:31amHow shauking that he dint cawch a shauk in the freshwatah pond………
Report Post »Had fun trying, though!
Lesterp
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:41amBull sharks love fresh water!
Report Post »Xxoax
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:49amTop Water for a shark Come on!!
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:12amI don’t care who you are, that was funny! I’m sure the duck was fine, and will probably be more careful what he eats in the future. It’s great to see real people on the news for a change.
Report Post »busterpuddles
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:41amWe need that kind of anchoring over here.
Report Post »busterpuddles
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:40amWow. Real people anchoring the news. I like it!
Report Post »Andrew from Down Under
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:37amAmerican viewers may recall Karl Stefanovic’s previous foray into global fame as the guy who told the Dalai Lama joke…….to the Dalai Lama:
Report Post »http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/14/karl-stefanovic-dalai-lam_n_876596.html
Dustyluv
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:35amPETAs gonna have his a@@ on a platter….
Report Post »Reality Shack
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:24amThe American left is the only bunch that cowers to groups like PETA.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:31amWhat fun! The news folks around here can be such stiffs sometimes.
Report Post »Biff Marupis
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:16amTHAT was funny! :D
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