{"id":1870,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1870"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Hoax---Picture-of-Sharks-Swimming-In-Flooded-Kuwait-Scientific-Center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"Hoax &#8211; Picture of Sharks Swimming In Flooded Kuwait Scientific Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><b>Outline<\/b><br \/>\nMessage that features an image of sharks swimming in a flooded lobby at the bottom of escalators claims that the picture was taken after the collapse of the shark tank at the Scientific Center in Kuwait. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Brief Analysis<\/b><br \/>\nThe image is the result of digital manipulation and it does not depict the result of a shark tank collapse in Kuwait, or anywhere else. The source picture shows Toronto&#8217;s Union Station after water from a damaged sewer pipe inundated the building. There are no sharks in the original picture.<\/p>\n<p><b>Example<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-sharks-swimming-in-flooded-kuwait-scientific-center\/sharks-mall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"550,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sharks-mall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall-300x271.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall.jpg\" alt=\"Sharks in Lobby\" width=\"550\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharks-mall-500x451.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The collapse of a shark tank at The Scientific Center in Kuwait. Share this because it&#8217;s probably the only time in your life you will see something like this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Detailed Analysis<\/b><br \/>\nThis message, which circulates via social media posts and email and has also been posted to many blogs and websites, features an image supposedly depicting sharks swimming in a flooded building lobby at the base of a pair of escalators. The message claims that the picture depicts the result of a shark tank collapse at the Scientific Center in Kuwait and suggests that users share the image because they are unlikely to see such an event again. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> However, things are not what they seem. The picture is the result of a clever digital manipulation in which the sharks have been added to a photograph of a flooded subway station. The original &#8211; sharkless &#8211; photograph (included below) \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Union Station Flood - June 1st\" href=\"http:\/\/yournews.cbc.ca\/mediadetail\/6647293-Union%20Station%20Flood%20-%20June%201st?groupId=11825&amp;uid=&amp;sort=upload%20DESC&amp;offset=2\">can be seen on the CBCNews website<\/a> \u00a0and was uploaded on June 1st 2012 by &#8220;Your News&#8221; user Jenny Porter. The photograph shows a part of Toronto, Canada&#8217;s \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Union Station flooding investigated by TTC and city\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2012\/06\/02\/toronto-ttc-union-flooding.html\">Union Station after a surge of rainwater and sewerage<\/a> \u00a0unexpectedly inundated the building due to sewerage construction work in the city:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-sharks-swimming-in-flooded-kuwait-scientific-center\/union-station\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"560,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"union-station\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded Union Station\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/union-station-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Image credit: Jenny Porter\/CBCNews<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thus it seems that some prankster has taken the original picture and added in the sharks from another image source. And, the picture has no connection to the \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"The Kuwait Scientific Center \" href=\"http:\/\/www.tsck.org.kw\/\">Scientific Center in Kuwait<\/a>, which does feature a large &#8211; and still very much intact &#8211; aquarium.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, back in 2010, a shark-filled \u00a0<a class=\"norm\" title=\"Shark-filled aquarium in Dubai shopping centre cracks open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/feb\/25\/dubai-aquarium-evacuated-after-leak\">aquarium at a large mall in Dubai<\/a> \u00a0did crack, causing a precautionary evacuation of the building and some leakage. However, the breach was quickly contained and none of the aquarium&#8217;s residents escaped to swim the mall and none were harmed.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is currently unclear who created the fake shark image, it seems likely that it was intended only as a harmless prank.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-sharks-swimming-in-flooded-kuwait-scientific-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/hoax-picture-of-sharks-swimming-in-flooded-kuwait-scientific-center\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Message that features an image of sharks swimming in a flooded lobby at the bottom of escalators claims that the picture was taken after the collapse of the shark tank at the Scientific Center in Kuwait. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The image is the result of digital manipulation and it does not depict the result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}