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Dead, Toothless Sharks Found on Rural Road

GRIFFIN, Ga. — State wildlife officials will try to learn Monday how a pile of dead sharks wound up on a rural Spalding County road.

Drivers spotted the six sharks Sunday afternoon on the side of Minter Road near Griffin. Wildlife officials said it appears the sharks died recently.

Griffin residents said they couldn’t believe their eyes.

“I thought they looked like sharks, but I can’t freaking believe it,” said resident Kara Davel. “I think it’s disgusting. People actually dump a lot of trash on this road.”

Wildlife officials said hunting sharks is a crime in Georgia, and could bring the hunter as much as $100,000 in fines.

Officials said they noticed something unusual about the sharks. Each of the six sharks had all of their teeth removed. Whoever killed the sharks had to break the animals’ jaws to get the teeth.

“That is very strange, very strange. I can’t even imagine how they would have ended up there,” said resident Terry Becker.

Officials will retrieve the sharks sometime Monday. Depending on what type of sharks they are, state officials could launch an investigation.

“The fact that they’re wasting all that meat and they’re not using them for anything, I don’t know if that’s legal,” Davel said.

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3 Responses to “wtffffff”

  1. JFK Says:
    July 15th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Well

    Shark hunting is illegal in Georgia because sharks live off the Georgia coast. You can test this by going to Savannah; then jump in the water, cut yourself somehow, and wait. Please do this so you can see the sharks.

    Griffin isn’t anywhere near the ocean though, so probably they were pet sharks. People do keep the small shark types as pets like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktip_reef_shark

    I’m guessing the teeth were ripped out so they could sell them or keep them as neat objects to have.

  2. jwb Says:
    July 18th, 2008 at 12:56 am

    No, they were killed at sea, had their teeth pulled for necklaces, and had their corpses dumped by the roadside. Their killers deserves no better fate.

  3. jwb Says:
    July 18th, 2008 at 12:57 am

    Sorry, I was undecided about whether to go singular or plural.

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