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Rare Megamouth Shark Has a Bad Day

April 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM | by | Comments (0)

With so much travel news raining down on us, we don't always have time to give every story its own forecast. Here's more of the day's news, in brief.

· Rare Megamouth Shark Can't Escape the Same Fate as Less Exotic Fishes: Fishermen in the Philippines catch one of 40 remaining megamouth sharks and eat it, despite warnings from an international conservation nonprofit. Animal overlords once again, are pissed. [National Geographic]

· San Diego on Earthquake Alert: There have been more than 450 quakes near the area's Salton Sea since March 21. While a major quake hasn't struck in 300 years, but everyone is on alert. [KFMB]

· New Zealand is Pretty: Gadling's Grant Martin is fresh back from his trip to Kiwiland and has some pretty photos to show. [Gadling]

· 'Friends and Family' Code from Fairmont Hotels: HotelChatter has gotten their grubby hands on a sweet promo code for swanky Fairmont Hotels. [HotelChatter]

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