Shark tank in shopping mall burst open, injuring 15 people and with 3 dead sharks - Polidicks

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglg3OvnRRU[/media] [quote]When a 33-ton shark tank suddenly exploded last week in along busy Shanghai pedestrian shopping mall, it happened so quickly that not even one camera-happy bystander was able to film it. The moment, however, was all captured on closed circuit security camera. The dramatic just-released video shows four people standing immediately in front the gigantic 23 ft-by-10 ft shark aquarium at the Oriental Shopping Center moments before it shattered. Pedestrians could be seen passing by behind them. One unidentified man, who was the closest the glass, is seen holding up what seems to be camera to take pictures of the sharks. Three others are shown engaged in conversation, not even paying attention to the tank. Suddenly something changed off-screen and silent security video showed all four stopped in their tracks. Before any of them had time to react, a rush of water and large shards of glass swallow them all in an instant, pushing them all out onto the street. The video shows that the force of the explosion was so strong, it tore down cosmetic stands inside the shopping center on the other side of aquarium. The December 19 explosion left 15 bystanders injured and three sharks dead. The Shanghai Daily reported that eight of those injured were believed to be customers while the other seven were all mall staff. There is still no official explanation as to why the shark tank exploded. The popular shark tank was only two years old but it has been speculated that a sudden cold snap that day in Shanghai may have contributed to thick aquarium glass shattering. Chen Yongping, an official with the shopping center management, told the Shanghai Daily that after this accident that they "will not build an aquarium again in the future."[/quote] [url]http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/shark-tank-bursts-mall-shoppers-flee-150900373--abc-news-topstories.html[/url]

Those poor sharks :(

not the sharks :(

Who the hell puts a shark tank in a mall?

[QUOTE=MrBacon;39002082]Who the hell puts a shark tank in a mall?[/QUOTE] It's not like they're Makos or Great Whites, they're just small sharks.

[QUOTE=MrBacon;39002082]Who the hell puts a shark tank in a mall?[/QUOTE] The Oriental Shopping Center in Shanghai?

[QUOTE=MrBacon;39002082]Who the hell puts a shark tank in a mall?[/QUOTE] Maybe it's doubling as an evil mastermind's lair?

[QUOTE=MrBacon;39002082]Who the hell puts a shark tank in a mall?[/QUOTE] shark tanks are cool, why wouldn't you put a shark tank in a mall?

[QUOTE=Kasuga Ayumu;39002307]shark tanks are [B]cruel[/B], why [B]would[/B] you put a shark tank in a mall?[/QUOTE] Fixed that for you. Really, I doubt the tank was that big, certainly not big enough for 3 sharks even if they were small. Then again I disapprove of zoos as well. Animals were never meant to live in cages.

[QUOTE=DaMastez;39002342]Fixed that for you. Really, I doubt the tank was that big, certainly not big enough for 3 sharks even if they were small. Then again I disapprove of zoos as well. Animals were never meant to live in cages.[/QUOTE] They get a steady supply of food and no predators, I don't see anything wrong with that

[QUOTE=Kasuga Ayumu;39002352]They get a steady supply of food and no predators, I don't see anything wrong with that[/QUOTE] In some of the worse zoos they may have a really smalll area to live in, I can't imagine you'd be too pleased with being holed up in an area 10X10m large with nothing to do.

better than the alternative for a lot of animals

[QUOTE=Smasher 006;39002367]In some of the worse zoos they may have a really smalll area to live in, I can't imagine you'd be too pleased with being holed up in an area 10X10m large with nothing to do.[/QUOTE] I thought wild sharks just swam around and ate fish, I didn't know they had hobbies.

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;39002636]I thought wild sharks just swam around and ate fish, I didn't know they had hobbies.[/QUOTE] I don't know about sharks, but we polar bears do enjoy browsing Facepunch.

The Chinese allow selection from their fine range of sharks, before dining on them.

[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;39002818]I don't know about sharks, but we polar bears do enjoy browsing Facepunch.[/QUOTE] Yeah so do we. Small world.

how long before someone makes a b-movie out of this? octoshark style! Sharks in a mall. coming to a theater near you.

[QUOTE=GreenLeaf;39003540]how long before someone makes a b-movie out of this? octoshark style! Sharks in a mall. coming to a theater near you.[/QUOTE] I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING OCTOSHARKS IN THIS MOTHERFUCKING MALL!

I can only assume the glass was made locally

[QUOTE=DaMastez;39002342]Really, I doubt the tank was that big, certainly not big enough for 3 sharks even if they were small. Then again I disapprove of zoos as well. Animals were never meant to live in cages.[/QUOTE] Only bad or really old zoos have those, pretty much all the zoos I've been in had reasonably open spaces conditioned for each species; only some animals like birds had enclosed environments, and those were pretty big. If animals are going to be there, let them have their good amount of well-conditioned space, small cages like the ones used in circuses create a really big amount of stress on them and make them suffer.

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;39002636]I thought wild sharks just swam around and ate fish, I didn't know they had hobbies.[/QUOTE] I'm not sure about sharks, but many animals actually do get bored.

[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;39002166]Maybe it's doubling as an evil mastermind's lair?[/QUOTE] But did they even have frickin' laser beams attached to their heads?

At least it wasn't this one. [IMG]http://dubai-nyaralas.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dubai-mall-aquarium.jpg[/IMG]

That's something I would never expect to happen. I honestly can't remember ever going to the aquarium or something and being afraid that the glass was going to give way. But, yeah, because I can't read, I thought [B]15 people died from this[/B] at first. The image in my head was one of stray sharks leaping all over the place and biting people. This was only for a few seconds, and then I watched the video.

It's a cover up for what really happened: [img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2zkh7fQcT1qkremvo1_500.gif[/img]

This was what happened to them: [img]http://kurungabaa.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/shark-fin-soup.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Kasuga Ayumu;39002352]They get a steady supply of food and no predators, I don't see anything wrong with that[/QUOTE] Zoos in China are notoriously Shitty. [editline]28th December 2012[/editline] A moderately large tank using glass instead of acrylic shows this pretty well.

[QUOTE=Scot;39003928]At least it wasn't this one. [IMG]http://dubai-nyaralas.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dubai-mall-aquarium.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I recall hearing that there's actually another one of these in the same mall.

[QUOTE=shian;39005243]This was what happened to them: [img]http://kurungabaa.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/shark-fin-soup.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] i also came here to post the shark fin soup comment