Rosie the Shark
Rosie is a 16ft great white shark from the abandoned Wildlife Wonderland park, Australia. She died in 1997 from a fishing accident, but was preserved inside this 20ft long tank by the park. The park was forced to shut down in 2012 due to licensing and animal welfare violations, and she was abandoned.
In 2018, YouTube explorer Luke McPherson disturbingly found her in the tank filled with approximately 20,000 liters of highly toxic formaldehyde, trash, and god knows what else, since the top of her tank was open. His video gained massive attention, drawing in the interest of animal enthusiasts. In 2019, Rosie was saved by Tom Kapitany, the director of Crystal World Exhibition Center in Victoria, Australia.
Even though she is no longer living, her body is finally properly taken care of, because she is no longer sitting inside a disgusting tank, she is inside a new clean one.
I knew about Rosie when her video of abandonment went viral, and these pictures of her before she was rescued (Yes she was rescued, a dead animal is STILL an animal, and yes, I do care about animals even after they have died. And so did hundreds of others, that’s why she was relocated. If you’re not the type of person to care, then fine, that’s literally your own opinions and feelings). are so unnerving and always triggered my submechanophobia.
Edit:
she died in 1997 by accidentally by being caught in a fishing net. She did not die at the wonderland park.
To everyone being so anal about this post for no reason:
Please just enjoy this submechanophobia post, that is literally what this subreddit is for, if you don’t agree that it is submechanophobia, thanks for your opinion, but it won’t change anything. I’m leaving my post here. Look at the scary shark, and move on.
This comment section should be for conversing about creepy unnerving submechanophobia photos/videos related to Rosie the shark, not for commenting weird comeback cringe comments from my description because you don’t like how I worded something.
For normal sane people reading this:
I apologize for the weird () additions. I felt like I had to because some people just really don’t understand what kindness is, and having a big heart for animals.