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A large crowd gathered as a succession of cranes were brought in to lift the shark on to the pier. After several hours and a number of failed attempts, the leviathan was finally brought ashore and promptly sold for 1.7m Rupees ($18,750).
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That’s nothing, you should have seen the Pike I hauled in last year.
Bishop on February 7, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Ann Coulter was going to attempt another jump
Mockingjay on February 7, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Awesome job. They killed a shark that eats plankton and harms nothing else. And it’s a threatened species.
Meryl Yourish on February 7, 2012 at 3:16 PM
The taxidermy man’s going to have a heart attack when he sees what I brought him!
NoFanofLibs on February 7, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Big fish.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Looks fake to me.
JPeterman on February 7, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Whale shark. Completely harmless.
Don’t know how they taste though.
Shark steaks are good.
Logus on February 7, 2012 at 3:18 PM
lighten up Meryl. The article said it was found dead or unconscious.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Big whoop. A whale shark.
Catch one that eats mammals and you might have something.
I protest this misuse of “Dude.”
fiatboomer on February 7, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Morons … they caught a whale shark, a plankton eater.
darwin on February 7, 2012 at 3:20 PM
This sort of thing bothers me. The shark is a threatened species, take a picture, cut the line, and let it go.
Gatsu on February 7, 2012 at 3:20 PM
It was dead already. Dead sharks don’t even harm plankton.
pedestrian on February 7, 2012 at 3:21 PM
It’s not a shark shark.
/whoopie
chimney sweep on February 7, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Cut it open and see if it has Osama inside.
pedestrian on February 7, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Was it gay…?
/
Seven Percent Solution on February 7, 2012 at 3:25 PM
I think we’re going to need a bigger boat.
Can’t believe I’m the first to post that comment.
UltimateBob on February 7, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Again, please read the article. It was already dead or unconscious when they found it.
It may come as a shock, but sometimes animals just die.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Dude, read the article. It was found dead:
UltimateBob on February 7, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Has anyone heard from the Loch Ness monster lately? No, I didn’t think so.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on February 7, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I blame Global Warming!
/
nukemhill on February 7, 2012 at 3:30 PM
The question for me is:
What is the dude who paid $19k for a dead fish going to do with it?
It not like he’s going to mount it on his wall. Is whale shark good eat’n?
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Missing: Giant Shark. Reward if found! Contact Dr. Moreau for further details.
portlandon on February 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Make lots of cheap supermarket-brand cat food out of it?
UltimateBob on February 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Or, maybe our old friend, the mayor of Chicago, can use it to send a really big message to his political opponents.
UltimateBob on February 7, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Heh. Never let a
whale sharkcrisis go to waste.WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 3:40 PM
I’ve always wondered why they labeled it generic “seafood” flavor.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Shows you who reads the articles or at least quickly scans the comments before making one of their own.
Flora Duh on February 7, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Not to toot my own horn, but here’s further proof:
UltimateBob on February 7, 2012 at 3:51 PM
My cats will only eat the “Ocean Whitefish” variety. It looks and smells like tuna.
The other “seafood” varieties… well, it’s anyone’s guess what’s in them.
The turkey flavor makes my cats fart. I never knew cats could fart, or how bad it smells, until I learned from personal experience.
UltimateBob on February 7, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Whale shark, nice work morons.
roy_batty on February 7, 2012 at 3:59 PM
If you ever visit Atlanta, be sure to go to the Georgia Aquarium, where they have whale sharks on exhibit. They’re young and so not anywhere near as big as the one pictured here; still they are impressively large fish.
radjah shelduck on February 7, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Dude? Never seen a whale shark before?
NotCoach on February 7, 2012 at 4:09 PM
You’re right. My bad.
darwin on February 7, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Hey Flora Duh, I had to laugh.
Nope, won’t read the article, won’t even read the comments.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 4:12 PM
The whale shark is an endangered species, so it’s not like anyone would lie about it being already dead. Nope – none at all.
I’ve never heard of fisheries buying stock that was scooped up dead from the water. I’m not even sure a dead shark will float because they don’t have a swim bladder.
landshark on February 7, 2012 at 4:12 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Big fish are still big
thehungarian on February 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM
A little sanity check. This was in Pakistan. Poverty everywhere.
People just trying to survive a grim life.
Guess what. Enviromental and Endangered species laws?
Never heard of them. And if they did, they wouldn’t care.
There is little to no incentive for them to lie. They really don’t give a rats $%^.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Landshark,
But hey, I’m no expert. I take it you’ve been to Pakistan to evaluate their endangered species laws, regulations, and enforcement policies?
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 4:27 PM
And another thing, I bet those rotten bastards didn’t have one life vest for every person on the boat, an outdated fire extinguisher, and violated their fishing permit limit of 5 fish per day.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Sorry for the rants. Not a big fan of coffee shop moralizing.
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 4:38 PM
So did I hall monitors.
/no running
roy_batty on February 7, 2012 at 4:46 PM
What shark? All I see are 3 thousand jihadists.
Gedge on February 7, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Whale Sharks are the 2nd largest thing in the ocean, so that’s probably just a baby shark?
The Nerve on February 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Maybe you should try reading for comprehension. Where did I judge the fishermen, exactly? Oh, right – I didn’t. I was actually criticizing people like you who jumped on others for not reading the article, while taking the whole thing at face value, despite at least 3 valid reasons to question its veracity.
Coffeeshop moralizing, indeed.
landshark on February 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM
The whale shark is an endangered species, so it’s not like anyone would lie about it being already dead. Nope – none at all.
Mmm…Would this count?
Sometimes, a dead fish is a dead fish. How do you explain all those dead whales that show up on beaches? I guess they do float after all.
If “just the facts” = moralizing. Guilty as charged.
landshark on February 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM
WisRich on February 7, 2012 at 5:30 PM
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I wonder what a big, dead fish smells like.
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/s /s /s
ExpressoBold on February 7, 2012 at 5:45 PM