You can order all sorts of stuff off the internet, whether it actually shows up is another matter entirely.
If you have the money, the inclination and the right location, then you can even do something is ridiculous as buying an actual shark and having it delivered to you.
That's what YouTubers The Fish Guys did, and frankly with a name like that, it does seem like a rather on-brand thing for them to do to purchase a shark.
However, they specifically picked out a 'super sketchy website' and figured they'd have a '50-50 chance' that their terror of the seas would actually end up arriving.
In the past, they've ordered other aquatic creatures which ended up being dead on arrival, so it was just a matter of crossing their fingers and hoping the shark would still be alive.
They bought a shark. You weren't expecting it to be a fully grown Great White were you? (YouTube/The Fish Guys)
Things already looked pretty bad when they heard the plane the shark was in got delayed for nearly five hours, and problems with transit can mean the difference between life and death for the poor animals.
Fortunately, the shark-infested package did show up but the guys got worried when they didn't feel any movement from inside, but when they opened up the package, they discovered that there really was a shark inside and it started moving.
When they ordered the shark, they thought they were getting one 15 inches long, but The Fish Guys were pretty convinced it was actually quite a bit bigger than that.
They then plonked him into a mini-pond to avoid startling him by immediately sticking him into their big pond, and he seemed to start swimming around a bit more once he was aware he had more water to work with.
After a while, they decided to move their new horn shark into their bigger tank, and he seemed to grow accustomed to his new home quickly enough.
Don't worry, the shark isn't eating the fish. Unfortunately it didn't seem to want to eat anything in the video (YouTube/The Fish Guys)
In the days following it, the shark explored the confines of the pond and it was time to figure out whether or not it'd take food.
Sadly, they tried feeding the shark shrimp, fish and squid but it wasn't going for any of the options on the menu.
While it's been a bit of a mixed bag for the shark in his early days with the YouTubers, they promised to provide further updates on their channel when more things happened.
Here's hoping the shark is doing alright as we await the update on how this shark bought from a sketchy website is doing.
Of course, you should always be careful when dealing with sharks as they might end up launching an attack if you take them for granted, like the case of the pregnant tiger shark in an aquarium which attacked a vet who'd got into her tank to check her health.
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