BREAKING: Audubon aquarium (N.O.) leveled - sharks loose!
 

Just saw it on cnn. Apparently the aquarium is right along the river near the levee that broke. The shark tank is shattered and they don't know where the sharks are. :1orglaugh

Its ok... The alligators will eat them

that might stop the looters , if they think there are sharks in the water :winkwink:

holy shit - that shark tank is huge - that aquarium is beautiful - this is sad :(

Maybe the sharks will eat the looters. One can only hope..

http://www.charlesyarbrough.com/pics/smiles/gunney.gif

Karma is served. :thumbsup

they wont live long.

saltwater sharks
freshwater floods.

:(

RIP

yeah they wont survive :Oh crap

Exactly... poor sharks are probably dead already. :(

i was waiting to see when will someone realize that hehehe

it is jaws

nothin lasts forever.

:1orglaugh

Or they can make it to the ocean before they die:)

in this corner we have Al the Aligator.
in this corner we have Salty the shark.
the reffere is Some Poor Looter.
let the games begin.

haven't heard anything about this... I loved that aquarium

Sharks can live in fresh water. Just last week they caught a shark in a lake. Some wiseass dumped it there.

Sharks PREFER salt water, Even in the Hudson River we would catch a shark every now and then. Usually small ones though but a good sized one would get snagged like once every 20 years.

Bull Shark have been found in freshwater rivers in Africa and up the Mississippi.

Maybe I'm missing something but why is the flood water freshwater and not saltwater?

Lake Ponchartrain is fed by the gulf and is salt water, so the only freshwater source would be the rain, which only accounts for a small amount of the flooding.

yes sharks love to swim in gas, chemical and fecies contaminated water.

no wonder more than 60 are dead :(

:smokin

Someone will probably loot the dead sharks and make a profit from them.

The water is 20+ ft deep in some areas, that would dilute the shit out of any chemicals and gasoline and water don't mix, so that's not an issue.

It's not out of the realm of possibility that some pretty nasty sea creatures are cruising around suburban streets right now.

sad but probably true in this day and age :disgust

hahahahahahs

wouldn't it be considered brackish water?

yea they wont survive that water i dont think

correct ^^^

stinks of urban myth

Yes in fact. There probably isnt much outflow to the sea from the flooded areas. Give it a week and it will start to stagnate. THATS when the fun starts.

Edit: They caught a tiger shark in the mississippi a few years back.

gimme a legit newslink bitch

they were bullsharks























lol j/k

duke

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0830-n..._aquarium.html




New Orleans Aquarium, Zoo escape Hurricane Katrina
mongabay.com
August 30, 2005

The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans apparently survived Hurricane Katrina relatively unscathed according to a report in The Baltimore Sun. Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana city Monday.

According to Ron Forman, president of the Audubon Nature Institute that oversees the city's aquarium and zoo, only a few flamingos died and was little other loss of animal life. The Audubon Zoo also fared well in the storm.

Located along the banks of the Mississippi River in the historic French Quarter, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas has some 10,000 animals and is considerd one of the world's foremost aquariums.

The French Quarter of New Orleans, built on the highest ground in the city, suffered less damage than other neighborhoods.

Widespread power outages have disabled the Audubon Nature Institute and Audubon Aquarium of the Americas web sites.

In neighboring Mississippi, the fate of a group of dolphins moved to Gulfport is unknown. According to The Daily Telegraph, the animals were last seen in a hotel swimming pool, but the storm left the town of 70,000 people under 10 feet (3m) of water

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0830-n..._aquarium.html.

yeah its sad they wont survive.

Crazy shit. I wonder if they'll survive to become the fresh water sharks of New Orleans.

That was a joke.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoo, maybe I betta look out for fucking sharks when Im next paddling in the Mississippi

My thoughts too. They'll all die.

Anyone know how many hours they knew there was a good chance / that the hurricane was going to hit certain regions?

Matt

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The dolphins should be fine; they're more intelligent than you or I and likely already knew of the hurricane brewing before we even saw it.. and probably were pissed off at the humans keeping them in captivity for not doing shit to protect them... I'd be pissed off if I was a dolphin in their situation...

Matt

The dolphins are fine. They left us a message too...

"So long and thanks for all the fish."

Did you guys bother reading the whole article?

There are no Sharks...you've been had
There are in fact Dolphins though :)

abandon new orleans, get rid of the levies. Turn it into lake new orleans and a resort area. lol. Seriously if they rebuild the city and all itll just flood again. Natural disasters get worse every year.

Not the sharks since they can't live in freshwater but I think the gators might :winkwink:

Sharkfin soup anyone??? :)

Jaws on the attack now. :1orglaugh

lol...marry me

Sorry...but just saw on the news...3 foot shark reported in the french quarter...FOX news....