Dispensary Corner 29 Jun 10
June 29, 2010
SHARKS can now fly.
Two leopard sharks are being
spared the swim between
Townsville and Melbourne, having
nabbed themselves two special
seats on a plane.
The sharks, part of a captive
breeding program, are being
transferred between Townsville
and Melbourne aquariums, firstly
via car to Cairns, where they will
be loaded onto a flight inside
their special as yet to be
completed - self-sustaining
transport tanks.
According to Reef HQ’s
Stephen Menzies, the sharks will
be put on a two day diet pre-flight
in order to help maintain their
water quality during transport.
“That’s always fun when you
unload some sharks after a long
transport; that first feed, because
they do feed with a bit of
passion,” Menzies said.
EXTREME expo fan!
Chinese national, Bao Zhengbin,
is hoping to swim some 750 miles
in the murky waters of the
Changjiang River in order to visit
Shanghai’s World Expo.
According to 56-year old Zhengbin,
swimming the river has been a
dream he has held onto since the
tender age of 12, when his parents
took him to Shanghai via the river.
“The scenery along the water
way touched me a great deal,
and I thought that one day I’d
swim to Shanghai,” he said.
Zhengbin expects his epic
adventure will take him 32 days
to complete, swimming at a rate
of 25 miles per day.
Supported by friends travelling
near him in a motor boat,
Zhengbin plans to stay overnight
in all the major cities along the
way, with the aim of spending his
“port calls” handing out
environmental education leaflets.
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