Hey, remember that rumor that sharks were roaming the streets after the Queensland floods earlier this year? That may well have been reality. This Brisbane golf course is infested with 10-foot sharks, who washed into the water hazards during a previous giant flood. 

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The sharks aren't really hurting anyone, except the local kids who used to earn some money fishing balls out of the lake, and they're actually kind of an attraction, so the golf course has let them stay. It makes you wonder what future floods might have in store, though. Sharks in the swimming pools? Sharks in the sewers? SHARKS IN YOUR TUB?

All right, probably not, but it's a good movie concept. You can have that one for free.

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