R.I.P. Mola Mola

The Monterey Bay Aquarium announced Thursday that its largest ocean sunfish was euthanized Thursday morning after a period of failing health.

The aquarium made the decision after the fish stopped eating and was increasingly unable to swim in the million-gallon Outer Bay exhibit where it was housed.

Mola mola was caught in Monterey Bay in September 2005 and placed on exhibit two months later. It grew from 22 inches and less than 20 pounds to a length of 6 feet, 7 inches and a weight of 1,247 pounds.

R.I.P. Mola Mola!

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R.I.P. Roy Scheider

JAWS star Roy Scheider died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark. He was 75 and lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y. Scheider had suffered from multiple myeloma for several years, and died of complications from a staph infection. R.I.P. Roy!

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R.I.P. Marina

Marina, a female beluga whale that had fallen ill at the Georgia Aquarium, died early Saturday morning, aquarium officials said.

The whale had stopped eating on Nov. 22 and had become disoriented, injuring her chin. She had been kept under 24-hour watch by aquarium staff and veterinarians. About 16 staff members and volunteers were in her pool when she died.

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Rare 53-pound Albino Catfish Dies

Just four days after it was caught, John Young’s famed albino catfish died.

Young caught the catfish on July 7 while fishing off a sandbar on the Missouri River above Boonville. He planned to transfer the rare fish from a tank at Tombstone Tackle to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, where it would have spent the rest of its natural life. However, the fish didn’t survive.

R.I.P. Albino Catfish!

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R.I.P. Norton

Norton, one of the original whale sharks on exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium, died yesterday. He was the second whale shark to die at the facility in the past five months. R.I.P Norton!

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R.I.P. 30′ Whale Shark

A group of divers discovered a dead, 30-foot whale shark about a half-mile from the Boca Raton Inlet on Sunday. The 31 divers made the discovery at about 10 a.m., just after diving at the Sea Emperor wreckage.

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R.I.P. Tidbit

The shark that bit an aquarium employee during a routine checkup has died.

The 10-year-old, 94-pound blacktip reef shark named Tidbit never recovered from sedatives it was given during its checkup and died Thursday night.

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R.I.P. Roxie

Roxie, a 5-year-old Yorkshire terrier, was taking a sip of water at a Daytona Beach lake when an alligator jumped up and nabbed her. R.I.P. Roxie!

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R.I.P. Yu-chan

Yu-chan, a popular whale shark at the Osaka Aquarium died late Sunday. The cause of the death of the 18 ft female whale shark is unknown. She was believed to have been 12 to 13 years old and had lived at the aquarium since June 2000.

Yu-chan had been transferred to the Marine Biological Research Institute in Tosashimizu on May 7 for treatment after she cam down with some eating problems. R.I.P. Yu-chan!

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Shark Week Star Dies Base Jumping

Notorious shark feeder and soon to be host of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, Jimmy Hall, is dead after a daredevil stunt took a tragic turn. Hall, 41, was performing the stunt for a camera crew when he slammed into the side of a mountain.

Hall, the owner of Hawaii Shark Encounters, was infamous for harassing marine wildlife and endangering public safety by feeding sharks for thrill-seeking tourists off the coast of Oahu.

His debut performance for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week was only half completed when he died. R.I.P. Jimmy.

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