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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
“While Kentucky doesn't have an ocean, it does have aquariums. In 2006, at least 12 people at Kentucky's Newport Aquarium were bitten by sharks while at an exhibit that allows visitors to touch the animals”
Keep in mind that this aquarium is just across the river from the zoo where parents let their kids fall into the gorilla exhibits.
HARAMBE!!!!!
Is this an example of American exceptionalism?
Yes
And yet it's an awesome aquarium and I highly recommend it. Including the 'touch a shark' part.
This is shockingly relevant
sharkingly*
Definitely.
I also want to get the last 3 frames printed on a t-shirt. I have a young daughter, and it amuses me even more since that happened.
They swim up the Mississipi
People don't realize that Mississippi is an acronym and all of the s's are for 'shark.'
Most
Inland
Sharks go
Sharking
Incessantly.
Sharks
Shark
In
Parts of
Places
Inconceivable
Really rolls off the tongue!
NEW MEXICO?!?!?
It's hilariously stupid. In 2005 one dude was cleaning an aquarium's shark tank and cut his arm on a passing shark.
https://sourcenm.com/2021/10/15/new-mexicos-shark-attack/
Still counts.
How does one cut one's arm on a passing shark? Sharks are smooth as can be.
Edit: Never mind just read the article and he cut his arm on a tooth while the shark swam past open-mouthed.
I know you already found the answer, but I want to add that shark skin is only smooth in one direction, if at all. The scales are made of V-shaped grooves, like their teeth. Their skin can definitely break yours if rubbed in the wrong direction at a fast enough speed.
I can personally vouch for this. I used to volunteer at aquariums. The sharks and manta rays were my favorite exhibits to work in. Penguins were dope too, but they smell.
Sorry but you're wrong, sharks are well known for having the smoothest skin
I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah (had a shark attack)
oh no i just released Kentucky too THE SHARKNADOES ARE COMING
Non-midwesterners: surprised
Midwesterners who've had a fear of bull sharks since their friend told them about them when they were 5: see I knew it could happen
Bull sharks yo
Could it be loan sharks?
The chances of a shark attacking you on dry land are low but never zero!
That's just basic quantum physics.
NM, IL, KY, PA?
I remember reading the NM one happened in a aquarium, but it is still counted. Bull sharks do travel up the Mississippi River and tributaries and have been reported in IL.
Just realized New York has a lot of shark attacks unless you're taking about loan sharks where the fuck do you get attacked by a shark in the toxic wasteland that is the entire state every water source is a pond full of garbage and other stuff you really don't want to touch
At the New York Aquarium
Ah, the elusive lank-shark!
Okay, but New Mexico??? We barely have lakes here!
You rock! I'm spreading that information like gospel to everyone I talk to this week!
Sharknado motherfucker
flying in the air sharks
now that's some kind of horror
Bull shark attack in the Ozarks no? At least that is what all the locals claim haha.
Could it be a zoo? No, that would be too easy
Flying street sharks are more likely
True, there are more streets than zoos
Sharks Georg, who lives in Missouri with his shark collection, is an outlier and should not have been counted.
🎤🎤 Scary flying shark, scary flying shark, Careful you, he's out hunting in the dark 🎤🎤
THERE'S A SHARK IN THE BATHTUB
OP probably: "What's that squiggly line between these landlocked states? Probably not important."
