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SHARKS
A man was put in a gigantic fish tank with five LIVE, hungry, and ferocious sharks. A half hour later he walked out alive with all the sharks dead.
How is that possible?
How is that possible?
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The tank was empty. Sharks can't survive out of water.Hide Answer Show Answer
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That pretty funny, I thought he poisned himself. GJ
i THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. I FOUND IT QUITE HARD THOUGH
had to have this one explained to me....
But when he is first put in the tank wouldn't the sharks eat him already? Or wouldn't they at least hurt him alot? I'm sorry but I don't get it............................
Didn't think it was hard. Thought of it right away. Don't understand why above comments don't understand it.
BUT STILL! Won't they at least hurt him? If the sharks r put in at the same time as the man, the shark WOULD bite him or kill him, cause If u go underwater, u don't imedatly DIE do u? It would take about a minute or so, so the shark would at least DAMAGE the man!
he said a GIGANTIC fish tank. So maybe the sharks were all spread out and seeing as theres no water, they couldnt move to the side where the man was on. So they died without ever getting near him.
Okay good point Drunky, sory 4 my above comments I didn't read all of the part :p..................
dont u mean that he drained the water so the sharks died.
I didnt agree with pebblesextreme, how could he have poisned himself? it said that he walked out alive and the *sharks* were dead. If your still there, explain that to us.
Apr 30, 2003
Here's another thought on how this could be possible. The teaser doesn't say the sharks were concious. Just alive (albeit capitalized) but a comatose shark is still alive.
or...they were small sand sharks and he, being a ferocious human, decided to kill them all ;) . Really good one.
could freshater also be an answer?
As soon as I read "walked out" I knew that the tank was void of water and sharks cannot survive without water. They breath while they swim - no movement, no breathing - no breathing, no biting!
Even my stupid brother could figure this out.
Sharks are made out of cartilage, not bone. That's why they have to keep moving to survive (the water flowing into them keeps their shape). So without water, they basically collapse... so there won't be much "squirming" over to this guy.
...why would you kill the sharks??
How is a tank empty(answer) when there are sharks in it?
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