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(WATE-TV)		Not news: 3 sharks, 1 octopus found. Fark: In Tennessee (wate.com)		35
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jehovahs witness protection		2010-04-05 09:21:19 AM

I blame global warming.

Sybarite		2010-04-05 09:40:20 AM

It is illegal to place any fish in public waters in Tennessee.

Well then, I guess whoever put that mollusk in the lake is safe.

squeez cheez		2010-04-05 10:43:05 AM

How many squawking geese?

IkonOlator		2010-04-05 10:43:39 AM

FTFA "Bobby Wilson, assistant chief of fisheries for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, says it was probably a hoax."

A hoax? You mean that clever use of the passive voice in the article -- that the sharks and the octopus "were found" -- means that Bobby thinks they "were not found" and someone was just lying about it / pulling an April Fool's joke?

Good one.

EdVenture		2010-04-05 10:43:56 AM

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algrant33		2010-04-05 10:44:43 AM

Somebody dumped a reef tank.

/shame

lukelightning		2010-04-05 10:44:50 AM

It was a murder-murder-suicide-suicide-suicide-suicide-suicide-suicide-suicide-suicide.

kwame		2010-04-05 10:48:43 AM

Rocky Toctopus?

Tenneshark?

lukelightning		2010-04-05 10:49:23 AM

Was it this octopus?

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numbone		2010-04-05 10:50:58 AM

up2nfg		2010-04-05 10:53:07 AM

I call Redrum

Torrentius		2010-04-05 10:55:01 AM

Freshwater is no place for saltwater critters.

Silly hillbillys!

redmid17		2010-04-05 10:57:21 AM

Torrentius: Freshwater is no place for saltwater critters.

Silly hillbillys!

Tell that to Bull Sharks. They've been caught in the Ohio, Mississippi, and Lake Michigan. They're also the most aggressive shark toward humans in the world!

/Enjoy your next swim in a large river or lake...

Dymesack		2010-04-05 10:59:32 AM

Who has three sharks and an octopus laying around to play a joke with?

Another Government Employee		2010-04-05 11:01:28 AM

Someone stealing extra stock from the Aquarium?

MorphOSX		2010-04-05 11:03:34 AM

3 Sharks, 1 Octopus? The newest in tentacle porn hentai?

Hoboclown		2010-04-05 11:08:03 AM

Were they mega, or giant?

If not, I don't care.

AmazinTim		2010-04-05 11:12:24 AM

Maybe Tennessee had a bridge that needed a tune-up.

A Motorboatin Farker		2010-04-05 11:16:00 AM

THATS where I left those!

The Angry Hand of God		2010-04-05 11:16:10 AM

I'm a shark! I'm a Shark! Suck my beak!!!! I'm a shark!!

CephJedi		2010-04-05 11:20:07 AM

I wonder what they are trying to insinuate with this article.

While there are sharks that can adapt and dwell in freshwater (blacknose sharks are known to live in brackish but not fresh water), there are zero cephalopods. There aren't even any estuarine cephalopods- there's only one known squid that can tolerate anything less saline than full strength seawater.

The fact that a dead octopus was found seems highly suspect. Dead octopuses decay so rapidly that the animal must have been dumped less than a week prior.

Like the other dude stated: someone dumped a fishtank.

Guma		2010-04-05 11:39:20 AM

thelordofcheese		2010-04-05 11:39:40 AM

They're just getting ready for a gang knife fight.

RuckBreaksScissors		2010-04-05 11:46:00 AM

Actually, I found it disturbing that they only fine people $50 plus court costs for dumping fish into waters in Tennessee. Nothing like trying to prevent total destruction of an ecosystem by fining someone fifty bucks.

myinternetname		2010-04-05 11:47:34 AM

It is illegal to place any fish in public waters in Tennessee

Tennessee is going to balance the national budget once they pass out fines for all those fish!

utsagrad123		2010-04-05 11:57:17 AM

You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums.

VictorOfBorge		2010-04-05 11:57:46 AM

Whooooeeeee! Dem's good eatin'!!!!!!

davidab		2010-04-05 12:11:06 PM

came for mega shark vs giant octopus refs and the singing shark. leaving half caulked.

KingKauff		2010-04-05 12:22:50 PM

Did the Predators play a home game recently? Maybe against the Red Wings? Someone score a hat trick? That's where the octopus came from

Scrophulous Barking Duck		2010-04-05 12:34:05 PM

CephJedi I wonder what they are trying to insinuate with this article.

While there are sharks that can adapt and dwell in freshwater (blacknose sharks are known to live in brackish but not fresh water), there are zero cephalopods. There aren't even any estuarine cephalopods- there's only one known squid that can tolerate anything less saline than full strength seawater.

The fact that a dead octopus was found seems highly suspect. Dead octopuses decay so rapidly that the animal must have been dumped less than a week prior.

Like the other dude stated: someone dumped a fishtank.

You've covered what I came to say. It's not news, it's Fark.

Redwing		2010-04-05 12:35:23 PM

Coelacanth		2010-04-05 12:37:54 PM

Freshwater octopi were first mentioned by the Romans. Apparently their sewer systems were infested by the things which preyed mostly on rats.
During the 1770s, a couple of British soldiers who had just returned home from the Revolutionary War were attacked while they were asleep in their third story my a mystery mollusk of some kind that entered their abode by coming up through a 3" drain. After one of the soldiers were killed after a brief fight, the other ran and brought back some of the local constables who then became witnesses to the mollusk eating the dead soldier and then retreating back through the drain.