Shark Commits Suicide on Water Slide

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets on Dec 20, 2008 at 9:44 am

A shark at at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas jumped out of its seawater enclosure onto a nearby water slide and slid down into the swimming pool! No one was in the pool Tuesday morning when it happened.

“Yesterday morning at around 9:30 AM, prior to the resort’s waterscape opening to guests, a 12+-year-old female reef shark jumped over an 18 inch wide and 1 foot high sustaining structure into the resort’s Leap of Faith water slide.

The Atlantis Aquarists believe the shark was startled by an unusual circumstance that we have no way of defining completely. In the over ten years guests have experienced the Leap of Faith, the reef shark itself, harmless to humans as it is fed regularly by our staff, had shown no previous incidences of leaping out of the water in the marine habitat …

The aquarium staff immediately retrieved the shark from the pool, but the chlorinated water had already poisoned the fish. She died shortly after. Link -via Simply Left Behind


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  1. Luke G.
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 10:40 am

    I know there is a “jump the shark” joke in here somewhere..

  2. Justin
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Hey I’ve been there before!

    But yeah, I really doubt the shark was actually trying to kill herself. The tanks there are enormous and it was fed regularly.

  3. PJG
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Would it have made a difference if the swimming pool were salinated instead of chlorinated?

  4. vero4902
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    From the pictures, it really doesn’t seem like the wall was that high… she probably just got startled or was really interested and accidentally jumped into the slide. That’s too bad though, poor thing.

  5. Skipweasel
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    PJG:- Yes, it’s far more likely to have been that it was fresh water not salt rather than the chlorine that killed it.

  6. d
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    aside from other explanations it might be possibel that it had it’s beady eyes on the tasty feasts going in and out of the pool.

  7. just a guy
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Chlorine can be pretty deadly, and chlorinated water moreso to something that breathes through gills.

    I think a shark could survive a bout of fresh water for a while if put back into salt water. I believe the death was in fact casued by chlorine poisoning.

  8. just a guy
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Oh, and I’m suprised no one made a ‘leap of faith’ joke either. (in addition to jumping the shark)

  9. Christophe
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    He was challenged. He had to jump.

  10. seekshelter
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    there must have been a sexy chlorine shark in the other tank… blaah sorry… i stayed up all night… thats all i got right now

  11. Faz
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    If only they put a waterslide in the shark’s own tank….. maybe this tragedy could have been averted.

  12. Faz
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    One might call it sui-slide

  15. ...tom...
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    …

    As already hinted at, the ‘suicide’ post title overstates the incident a bit. I mean, we do not call auto accidents suicides.

    But it makes for a ‘tastier post’ (there and here) … so what the h3ll.

    …tom…
    .

  16. liphttam1
    Dec 20th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    He took the ride of his life. Or for his death.

  17. Connie
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Oh Faz, that was bad!! Too funny!

  18. t-dogg
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am

    she’s been watching everyone have fun slidding down laughing and screaming…it was now her turn,at least she waited til no one was around! RIP sharky!

  19. mischabi
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    word has it she’d been drinking..

  20. billy
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    another wanna be female poolshark!!! OUCH

  21. Homer
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    Even Bart Simpson knows that nobody can resist the “Super Fun Happy Slide.”

    http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season5/thohd15.mp3

  22. john harris
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    Statistics show that sucicide rates amoung 12 year old female sharks sky rocket during the holiday season.

  23. lizzie
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Chlorine is a tissue destroyer originally used in chemical warfare.

  24. lawrrencee
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    was the shark trying to jump over Fonzi?

  25. Deana
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    We all have heard of whales that beach themselves and die. Alot of whales that are held in captivity die. Perhaps this shark wanted out of its prison and gave it’s life trying. Something to think about.

  26. Mona
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    You all are hilarious !!

  27. Cathy T
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    I think she was trying to evolve too fast.

  28. sj
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    How do we know the shark jumped? Could it not be the work of pranksters?

  29. Dara
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    It was likely the chlorine, not fresh water, that killed it. That, along with an inadequate enclosure.

    Sharks have been known to swim up freshwater rivers and streams, no problem.

    Just look up the Jersey Shore attacks from 1916 that inspired the Jaws movies – the final attacks were in fresh water – Matawan Creek, 30 miles inland. 2 dead, one severely injured.

  30. localuver
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    I think the title of this story is not funny or even a little amusing. I think it is irresponsible to even suggest it. Now, on the other hand – the comments are amusing

  31. Will Wallace
    Dec 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    Great white sharks can’t jump.

  32. Fiveacesmike
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 4:05 am

    I think we can call it “sushi-cide”…hehehe

  33. dmtt
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 am

    How do they know the shark committed suicide? Couldn’t it have been an accidental death? Did the shark willingly jump into the tank knowing that it would result in it’s death? Had she been depressed lately? Did she leave a note??

  34. Rudy
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 7:54 am

    Reminds me off the tiger incident last year. Remember the one where several people got mauled (1 died) and it turned out (after a lot of denial) that the exhibit wall wasn’t high enough? An 18 inch wide and 1 foot high sustaining structure between a shark exhibit and a waterslide… This could have ended up a lot worse.

  35. Gregindeed
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 am

    I hear they have a nice seafood menu at the resort’s resturant. Does shark taste like chicken?

  36. isabella
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 am

    # 24 lawrrencee– heeeeelarious!!!!!! thanks for that one!

  37. Jonathan
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Dara -
    “Sharks have been known to swim up freshwater rivers and streams, no problem.”

    I believe only the Bull Shark is capable of breathing BOTH salt and freshwater. This shark was a reef shark.

    There are a few species of sharks in Kenya that are “Freshwater” sharks. I don’t know if they can handle salt water though.

  38. Michelle
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    “Shark commits suicide”– now I have heard it all. Maybe it committed suicide because of the economic crisis, it’s Christmas and could not buy gifts, perhaps it lost its house. Yeah that’s it, it lost its way from its house and by accident landed on a water slide.

  39. donna
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    Shark indeed is very tasty! If you are a seafood conseign(sp) Sometimes we are eating shark,and we don’t even know it.
    Poor thing…she probably thought she could escape by jumping into the water next to her…she had been plotting for awhile…and she went when she had her chance…good girl!
    she will be missed.

  40. Trike Mike
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    BREAKING NEWS!!!
    This News team had uncovered Evidance that shows the shark may not have jumped. DNA experts have recovered samples that may show the shark was PUSHED!
    Witnesses say the shark had incrimminating information on a High Ranking GOVERMENT offical! more to come as this story unfolds

  41. linda
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    the shark want freedom, that is what all living thing want.

  42. A.v.E
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    What a selfish act.

  44. Fernando Miranda
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    I’m wondering is she was raped then pushed into the fresh chlorine water. Did the DNA reveal any Sea men?? Fernando from Costa Rica

  45. Sephiroth
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    @ D for # 6- read the article again and rethimk this statement: “aside from other explanations it might be possibel that it had it’s beady eyes on the tasty feasts going in and out of the pool.”

  46. Perry
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    I find it to be most interesting how a shark, which lives in water, can be killed by chlorinated water, and at the same time, our governmental “know-it-alls” say us humans have to have chlorine in the same water we drink. Is it me, or what???

  47. Big B
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    I have a good receipe for shark hash anyone want it?

  48. ........?
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    Are you guys serious you are debating over a single sharks death….seriously. What has the world come to when one single shark death makes such an impact in the news.

  49. Toddish
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Sharks “breathe” water. So, a shark in chlorinated water would be like a person in a room filled with poisonous gas. DEAD

  50. Kodiak
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Marine fish that are subject to fresh water basically there cell structure explodes. Same vice cersa. Sometimes when trying to save a fish that is infected with some type of parasite this procedure will be used. If done when the fish is to far gone, of incorrectly yes it will kill the fish. But I agree the chlorine probably had alot to do with it. I have also been there, and the chlorine levels at that slide are probably the max allowed. Just like the sign at my pool in the back yard says. Notice the is no P in our OOL please keep it that way. But all jokes aside it was a tragedy, 2 fold, that it happened, and that the shark was there in the first place.

  51. Valgerd
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Maybe the shark thought the munchies were tastier in the other pool? It should have learned it’s lesson from the speculators that upgrades aren’t always sustainable.

  52. Michael Crocker
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Ok, who threw the shoe at the poor shark?????

  53. Chip
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    It’s the Jumping Shark of Faith Sushi-Slide. Get the Ogilvy folks in here to figure out how to make the collateral work!

  54. Mr. no-it all
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    u no wat, i think that the shark was angry about econmic crisis. After the DOW started to go down, he just decided to end all his troubles………

    just a warning to all those in trouble!
    SEE A SOMEONE SO YOU DONT END UP LIKE HER!

  55. jlz
    Dec 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    As the saying goes,
    Water is always bluer on the other side.
    Why did the shark cross the slide?
    To get to the food on the other side.
    I believe the shark wanted to hunt its
    food not be fed.

  56. required
    Dec 24th, 2008 at 5:11 am

    Another suicidal shark? Apparantly it just learned that its pension fund was invested with Madoff.

  57. Evilbeagle
    Dec 24th, 2008 at 7:41 am

    Why keep a shark when you can eat it?


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