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thepull_modsSunday, February 24th, 2013.
Weather A mix of cloudy and clear skies. Highs of 8°C and low of 2°C. (46°F / 36°F) Forecast for the next week is mostly bright and crisp! A thunderstorm in the evening on Tuesday brings a brief hailstorm, centered around the downtown area.
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Morning sirens go off at 8:06 am, and evening sirens are at 6:45 pm.
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Mckinley Aquarium Could be Sunk, Due to a Tragedy Late Last Night
It seems that a new exhibit was going to be unveiled early next week, an exhibit that would "shock and awe" the public. According to police, Shock and awe seemed to be correct as early this morning, just after the sirens, several members aquarium staff were arrested, as the exhibit had broken free and killed a night crew member.
The new exhibit was going to be of several types of so called 'darkness fish', several types of cephalopods and salt water fish that had been warped by the darkness and turned into new versions of the creatures. It was to be a night exhibit, with unproofed tanks and a proofed inner tunnel room.
None of these animals were licensed under the Darkness repeal act of 1982 which limited Darkness displays for public consumption, due to a proofing error in 1979 that lead to the deaths of four children and an employee of 'Regents Traveling Storytellers'.
It seems that one of the employees, name yet unreleased, tried to lock up the pens for the night and was pulled into the tank and eviscerated. The darkness creatures then spread to several of the surrounding tanks, causing the octopus, Mathilde, to escape to a nearby fishtank.
Mathilde, a staple of the Aquarium, was found in the tropical touch tank, having eaten a fifth of the exhibit and perfectly safe herself.
Most of the employee's body was found dragged across the floor between the dark tanks and the salt water tanks, including Mathilde's.
There is no real damage report as of yet to the other animals, though they do say the sea turtle is fine.
As for the darkness animals themselves, the majority were put down by local police almost immediately due to attack, and the rest were released into the sea by staff biologists.
"It's a huge shock," said Stephanie Wilde, one of the biologists for the aquarium. "We were told we would be getting a new exhibit, but it was very under wraps. We weren't even told the animals had arrived until two days ago. We knew it had to be something dangerous though, because they wouldn't let the general staff see them."
According to staff, only a handful of employees, including both the director and the secretary treasurer knew of the situation, and the rest were fed a party line.
"If we'd known, we never would've allowed for it." Said Wilde. "We were told there was a quarantine for safety. And that is the normal procedure for new animals. An animal that hasn't been quarantined can crash a tank. But this was a whole new situation."
The aquarium will be open again to the general public as of early next month, according to Wilde, and it's very likely the board of directors will assign a new director to the aquarium while the current one is in jail.
"We exist to educate the public." Wilde said. "And even though this was tragic, we think this did teach something."
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Weather A mix of cloudy and clear skies. Highs of 8°C and low of 2°C. (46°F / 36°F) Forecast for the next week is mostly bright and crisp! A thunderstorm in the evening on Tuesday brings a brief hailstorm, centered around the downtown area.
Current Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Morning sirens go off at 8:06 am, and evening sirens are at 6:45 pm.
( Horoscopes )
Mckinley Aquarium Could be Sunk, Due to a Tragedy Late Last Night
It seems that a new exhibit was going to be unveiled early next week, an exhibit that would "shock and awe" the public. According to police, Shock and awe seemed to be correct as early this morning, just after the sirens, several members aquarium staff were arrested, as the exhibit had broken free and killed a night crew member.
The new exhibit was going to be of several types of so called 'darkness fish', several types of cephalopods and salt water fish that had been warped by the darkness and turned into new versions of the creatures. It was to be a night exhibit, with unproofed tanks and a proofed inner tunnel room.
None of these animals were licensed under the Darkness repeal act of 1982 which limited Darkness displays for public consumption, due to a proofing error in 1979 that lead to the deaths of four children and an employee of 'Regents Traveling Storytellers'.
It seems that one of the employees, name yet unreleased, tried to lock up the pens for the night and was pulled into the tank and eviscerated. The darkness creatures then spread to several of the surrounding tanks, causing the octopus, Mathilde, to escape to a nearby fishtank.
Mathilde, a staple of the Aquarium, was found in the tropical touch tank, having eaten a fifth of the exhibit and perfectly safe herself.
Most of the employee's body was found dragged across the floor between the dark tanks and the salt water tanks, including Mathilde's.
There is no real damage report as of yet to the other animals, though they do say the sea turtle is fine.
As for the darkness animals themselves, the majority were put down by local police almost immediately due to attack, and the rest were released into the sea by staff biologists.
"It's a huge shock," said Stephanie Wilde, one of the biologists for the aquarium. "We were told we would be getting a new exhibit, but it was very under wraps. We weren't even told the animals had arrived until two days ago. We knew it had to be something dangerous though, because they wouldn't let the general staff see them."
According to staff, only a handful of employees, including both the director and the secretary treasurer knew of the situation, and the rest were fed a party line.
"If we'd known, we never would've allowed for it." Said Wilde. "We were told there was a quarantine for safety. And that is the normal procedure for new animals. An animal that hasn't been quarantined can crash a tank. But this was a whole new situation."
The aquarium will be open again to the general public as of early next month, according to Wilde, and it's very likely the board of directors will assign a new director to the aquarium while the current one is in jail.
"We exist to educate the public." Wilde said. "And even though this was tragic, we think this did teach something."
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