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Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets
As if the flood waters weren't bad enough for the people of Queensland, it now appears that there are sharks swimming in the streets. Two bull sharks were spotted swimming past a McDonald’s in the city of Goodna, Butcher Steve Bateman saw another making its way past his shop on Williams street. Ipswich councillor for the Goodna region Paul Tully said: "It would have swam several kilometres in from the river, across Evan Marginson Park and the motorway. It’s definitely a first for Goodna, to have a shark in the main street."
RIP Steve Irwin. These are the kinds of things he *lived* for.
That being said...
"Land shark!"
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Hardly surprising is it? Rivers breaking their banks mean things that would normally be in the river are now in places other than the river. Considering the large amount of ~actual~ news coming out of the flooding situation, not sure why this random factoid above all others has made Slashdot. (Yes I know it's Idle...but still...)
Oh and /insert mandatory fricken laser beams joke here.
Come on people. That damn movie was released in 1997. You'd think that after over thirteen years, we'd be able to come up with something that's (a) original, and (b) actually funny.
So one person reports (unconfirmed) two bull sharks in flood waters. Local media the next day generally has the opinion the story is a load of bollocks and now almost a week later it appears on Slashdot (a news for nerds site) as fact.... OK.
If you want some (slightly) more nerdy stuff to report about the floods go research the Wivenhoe dam.
I've really got to stop reading idle stories.
-Brad
They were just hitting the Mickey Ds for a bite to eat. Maybe they were hoping Ronald himself would be there so they could get a happy meal. :)
I wonder who would win in a fight, a crocodile or a shark? Australia has the most dangerous animals, those poor aussies...
There's no Crocs round here.
Sharks ate 'em all.
Hey bluey, I can see the pub from here.
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Seriously, I've lived in Australia all my life, and I can tell ya', there's always been sharks swimming in the streets!
Blimey, if I had a 2 dollar coin for every time I've seen a shark swimming in the streets, I'd be a billionaire! (1 billion AUD ~ 23,540 USD)
We got it all down here, land sharks, flying snakes, drop bears, bunyips, flys that bite, the worlds most poisonous spiders. Basically, if it's an animal that can kill you, we've got it. Crikey, we even import dangerous animals from other countries, just to make sure we've got 'em!
Land sharks? Phft! Nobodies ever died from a land shark!
Now drop bears, that's a lethal animal. I lost my father to a drop bear, came out of no where. R.I.P. Dad.
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Except that it's just his word with no evidence - that'd be one reason not to believe him.
It's hard to describe just how much junk was flowing through the flood waters last week. This really could have been anything.
-Brad
Okay, I probably didn't get that right verbatim, but you get the gist.
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Close to shore, money's on the croc. A bit further out, the shark.
The show "Animal Face-Off" on Discovery did their first episode on Great White vs Saltwater Croc, and their conclusion was that the Great White would win, mostly because it doesn't have to surface to breathe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Face-Off
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The spiders would beat them both.
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She'll be right, mate!!
That's not a shark! This is a shark!!
What are ya, some kind of sheila pomey bum burglar?
Unconfirmed, but reported multiple times by different people. It's not really that unbelievable though, they are often spotted (and have actually attacked animals and people) even further up the river. The butcher shop is roughly 600metres from the original river bank, but was underwater on the 13th.
Marked is approximately the location of the butcher (note the flood waters on the 13th): http://www.nearmap.com/?q=Shark@-27.608694,152.899003&ll=-27.6078,152.898831&z=16&t=k&nmd=20110113
The motorway to the north of the butcher is elevated with several underpasses. You say that the newspapers believe it was a hoax, but I can't say I've seen a retraction for the story anywhere. In fact it was covered again today: http://www.qt.com.au/story/2011/01/19/butchers-scary-shark-encounter-bull-steve-bateman/
* Note I'm not saying its true, I just don't think you can dismiss it without something other than your own opinion.
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