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Celebrity shark guided out of South Korea canal won't leave

Officials say the three-metre dusky shark had not been seen feeding as temperatures fell, after more than 1.6 million people visited the canal park; she remains a draw.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHummingbirds, a shark, and one very patient desk.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Busan, South Korea, a three-metre dusky shark nicknamed Bukangi was guided out of a city canal and, according to the BBC, refused to swim out to sea.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRefused. Good for her. I'd stay too.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorShe was first spotted on September eighteenth.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe first rescue used water jets, the second used a fifty-metre net that snagged on rocks, and the third used a net on floating platforms, with divers.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThree attempts. And officials say she hasn't been seen feeding, with the water getting colder.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe canal sits near high-rise buildings and a major high-speed rail station, and the Busan Infrastructure Corporation says more than one point six million people visited the waterfront park to see her.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne point six million?

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOne travel creator from Seoul says she went four times.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDale, I agree with you: the shark was the only one in this story with a plan.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou're agreeing with me? Somebody check the weather, because the sky just changed.

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  1. A Wayward Shark Becomes a Celebrity in South Korea · The New York Times
  2. North Korea releases photos of Kim Jong Un after rumors · New York Post
  3. The latest: DOJ voting charges, Kim photos, Vance heckler · NPR
  4. North Korea publishes photos of Kim Jong Un after rumours · BBC
  5. What's brewing behind South Korea's Mega Coffee deal rush? · The Straits Times
  6. Celebrity shark returns to South Korea canal after failed rescue · BBC
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