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You can see what agency creatives at DDB&CO Istanbul had in mind with this World Wildlife Fund ad.

There’s another version with a vulture where the message is much clearer.

They’re saying that the world would be a more horrifying place without sharks.

But you’re just hearing an ostinato of bass notes.

22words/thisisnthappiness


A crew of Australian fishermen off Cairns hook a 600lb Marlin – the catch of a lifetime.

Until two Tiger sharks get a sniff of it. (NSFW language).

Meanwhile in other scavenger news…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Z5hYuIomE

Around a hundred sharks feast on the body of a dead whale at a beach in northwestern Australia.

That’s close enough there, missy.

awesomer/bitsandpieces


Shark expert Michael Rutzen demonstrates the phenomenon of ‘tonic immobility’ in the Bahamas: a natural state of paralysis that animals enter when presented with a threat.

Some sharks can be placed in this state – which generally lasts about fifteen minutes – by turning them upside down.

Glasses, moustaches and cartoon genitals are often drawn on their faces during this time.

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“Camp Kuleshov” is a competition in NYC, CHI and LA between assistant editors. They are given a film and asked to edit a trailer for the movie taking it from its original genre into another genre. Caleb Hepler’s “Shark Song” took first place.

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A 13 foot shark apparently swimming down the street in the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce yesterday, having been swept inland by Hurricane Irene.

It’s all over the Twitters.

And it’s fake. Oh internets. You scamp.

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