June 13, 2003

Naked man scares shark to death

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A British comedian could face criminal charges over the death of a "sensitive" shark after he jumped into a tank at an aquarium in the nude, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday.

The 12-year old smooth hound shark -- which measured three feet (0.91 meters) -- died suddenly two days after Guy Venables jumped into its tank as a publicity stunt at the Brighton Sea Life Centre, southern England.

"This variety of shark is susceptible to stress. We are very concerned he died as a result of seeing Mr Venables jumping into the tank," Sea Life Centre's Lisa Handscomb told the newspaper.

"The shark is being examined by our biological services team and if it is found that he died from stress, we will prosecute Mr Venables for criminal damage."

Posted by superlizz at June 13, 2003 07:10 PM
Comments

i smell bullshit.

Posted by: lw at June 13, 2003 07:12 PM

I've got to admint I'm disappointed. The shark dying from stress? This is England after all. I expected to read about the man either sodomizing the shark or treating it like a sheep.
How disappointing.

Posted by: colin at June 13, 2003 08:16 PM

wait... if you're not sodomizing it, how are you treating it like a sheep? Shearing it?

Posted by: Graver at June 13, 2003 08:18 PM

I challenge you to come up with your own ideas instead of bashing those of others Mr. Graver.

Posted by: colin at June 13, 2003 09:15 PM

I spit upon your challenge, sir!
You are a scoundrel and a knave! May your seed spill upon the dusty ground and congeal for all eternity.
YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!!!

Posted by: Graver at June 13, 2003 10:38 PM

There may be something to this here . . . naked men CAN be very stressful, especially when they're wet. I say sue 'em, it's about time some motherfucker got paid.

Posted by: terp at June 13, 2003 11:36 PM

Amen to that Terp!

Its just so sad that it's a fish that's getting paid... or its estate anyway.

Posted by: Graver at June 14, 2003 10:48 AM

maybe it'll be one of those situations where the shark offspring (benefactors of the estate) will live in a giant, underwater mansion filled with mermaids and other sea nymphs and everything will be paid for by a settlement trust fund. that being said, i should make up such a deal for oliver.

Posted by: lw at June 16, 2003 05:16 AM

yeah? I could totally picture Oliver in an underwater mansion. Trapped.

Posted by: Graver at June 16, 2003 07:36 PM

and being sodomized by a naked man...

Posted by: colin at June 16, 2003 07:38 PM

Who's Oliver? is he lw's boyfriend?

Posted by: Jasmine at June 16, 2003 08:00 PM