Take some shady characters, a net, a bag full of water and a polystyrene box, and you've got yourself a recipe for a shark-napping. At least that's what officials speculate would have been needed to execute the recent shark heist at a London aquarium. The investigation is ongoing in the theft of the extremely rare two-foot-long marble shark from Indonesia. It takes on special importance, because the stolen fish is the female half of the only breeding pair of marble sharks in the U.K.
The owner of the $20,000 shark is desperate for its return. "I'm very attached to her," said owner Peter Newman. "I could look for another female but it's difficult as I'm not sure it would mate with the male."
Question Raised: What do you think would be the most difficult animal to kidnap?
If you think stealing a shark is dangerous, check out people running with the bulls after the jump.
Running with the Bulls
Revelers are chased by Conde de la Corte ranch fighting bulls on the first day of the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Revelers chased by Conde de la Corte ranch fighting bulls, not seen, run on the first day of the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 7, 2008. The 'Los San Fermines' festival, held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: Micky Loomey of New Zealand is attended to by members of the Red Cross after being injured during the first San Fermin running of the bulls on July 7, 2008 in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona for eight days in this fiesta made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: A runner leads the pack of fighting bulls around a curve during the first San Fermin running of the bulls on July 7, 2008 in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona for eight days in this fiesta made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: A fighting bull takes the curve during the first San Fermin running of the bulls on July 7, 2008 in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona for eight days in this fiesta made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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A runner is attended to after being injured during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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A runner is attended to after being injured during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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Runners sprint next to Conde de la Corte fighting bulls during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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A reveller is tossed by a heifer on the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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Runners sprint in front of Conde de la Corte fighting bulls and steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu (SPAIN)
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Wednesday 30 July
By Error401
I didn't know sharks were mammals. Live and learn.
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Wednesday 30 July
By stinky
sharks aren't mammals, they have gills.....
Friday 01 August
By Ali
Most difficult animal to kidnap: an elephant in a bubble wrap factory
Friday 01 August
By Casey
Sharks are definately not mammals.....Mammals have tails that move vertically, where as a shark's tail move horizontally. A shark is a fish.
Don't you watch shark week??
Wednesday 30 July
By Milo
You would also need a monster set of granite testicles to steal a shark!
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Friday 01 August
By Jennifer
lol, agreed.
Friday 01 August
By mike g
if the thiefs are caught, the first step of law enforcement is to have them psychologacally tested...anyone stealing a shark "can't be right in the head"
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Friday 01 August
By baker
platypus are egg laying mammals
Sunday 03 August
By Jazz
Ok, I have heard everything now.. mammals are defined as animals that give birth to their young live. No sitting on eggs involved. Doesn't matter if they have gills or not.
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Friday 01 August
By Ally
Some sharks give brith to live young also...
Friday 01 August
By lee
Someone skipped science class. Mammals are not defined just by giving birth to live offspring. many non-mammals do that. many reptiles and fish give birth to live young and are not mammals. Mammals have live births, nurse their young with milk produced in mammary glands (thus the name mammal)
sorry, just could not let this crazy shark/mammal stuff spread!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal
Friday 01 August
By anne
Lee...thank you. It was killing me too. I teach about the animal kingdom and I can not believe educated adults were writing these things. I just kept repeating to myself, "it's a blog, they're just having fun...it's a blog, they're just having fun...it's a blog"
let us clarify...mammals are warm-blooded creatures that breathe with lungs and the mother produces milk for the baby. ...sharks are cold-blooded FISH, yes, FISH!
Friday 01 August
By jbjg24m
whoever stole this shark must have a big fish bowl to keep him in!!
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Friday 01 August
By John Grachhi
You get what you give, the signs are alligned, the light is shed, the shark is rare, the time running out, the price has gone up, You must Pay just to have "Big Brown" run on the Racetrack 50,000dollars because of advertising advantages.
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Saturday 02 August
By brian
oh geez, how did they do that ? cuz shark is heavy to carry her . i believe they stole a shark to freedom her to ocean !? i bet shark is happy to be free .
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Friday 01 August
By STEVE
Question Raised: What do you think would be the most difficult animal to kidnap?
ROSIE O'DONNELL
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Friday 01 August
By kevin
how does an aquarium allow a shark to be stolen??
this is perfect for London.... nobody loves scandals as much as the Brits
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Friday 01 August
By Tracy
A couple of things to point out here. Mammals are NOT the only kind of creature to give birth to live young. Many species of sharks and snakes are known to give birth to live young, but sharks are still fish and snakes are still reptiles. Btw, there are 3 species of monotreme mammals which are mammals that lay eggs. Giving birth to live young is not a strictly mammmalian trait.
Second, there are more than 350 species of shark but only about a dozen of them pose any threat to humans. MANY sharks are actually rather small and easy to transport. This one is only 2 feet long, that isn't that big or heavy. And if the idiot who stole the shark did try to release it into the ocean (as one person suggested but it is highly doubtful because of the rarity of the shark) they'd be a fool because the waters of the UK are cold and this kind of shark requires WARM waters.
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Friday 01 August
By Yes
Ali,
Actually Sharks are "Mammals" ,they give birth to live young .Fish lay eggs ...
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Friday 01 August
By Pauline
Well, I'll certainly give them props for doing it. haha. But I'm not suggesting people go out and steal things.
Secondly, sharks are not mammals. Mammals are not affiliated as animals that give birth to live young; mammals are categorized as any living thing that breathes air.
Hope that helped some people get over the confusion.
:)
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