In the wake of their botched handling and inadvertent killing of Ralph the Whale Shark, the Georgia Aquarium is rumored to have asked the Taiwanese government for two new Whale Sharks. Even funnier is that the Taiwanese government is rumored to have told the Georgia Aquarium to go fuck itself. Why is this so funny? Well, Taiwan is a Whale Shark eating country. In other words, Taiwan has such little faith in the ability of the Georgia Aquarium to keep sharks alive that they figure that they might as well save themselves the trouble and eat the sharks instead of sending them off to Georgia where they will "go to waste."

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Ralph, a 22-foot-long male, died on January 11 from peritonitis caused by perforation of his stomach. What perforated his stomach? Prolonged daily force-feeding with a PVC pipe. Why did they need to force-feed Ralph? Because they treated his tank with Dylox, a nasty pesticide used to control parasites. The Georgia Aquarium won't make a formal statement, but a known side effect of Dylox is loss of appetite. What I find most distressing is that the Georgia Aquarium is shopping around for two whale sharks. They won't admit this either, but this is because Ralph's tank-mate, Norton, is also sick.

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I leave you all with a question. Are officials of the Georgia Aquarium full of hubris, or are they just plain stupid?

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