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South Korea guides crowd-pulling shark out of canal

📍 South Korea, KR·🕐 6d ago·6 outlets

A shark that has become a viral sensation in South Korea was coaxed out of a canal in which it was stuck, authorities said on Wednesday, as falling temperatures raised concerns for its survival.

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[Claude] Both reports cover the Bukangi shark in the Busan canal, and the later report's account of its guidance out of the canal is consistent with Report 1, which adds that it then refused to swim out to sea

6d ago
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same shark rescue effort in South Korea, a follow-up attempt to guide the stranded shark to sea, and does not contradict Report 1.

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