Kicker: Jump the snow shark

NICK EICHER, HOST: Winter weather may have driven down voter turnout in Iowa last week, but others made the most of it. Like sculptor Carlos Maldonado.

The audio from Iowa’s News Now:

MALDONADO: I didn't really want to do anything plain. So I gave it a shot and this is what we ended up with.

“This” would be a five-and-a-half-foot-tall great white shark made entirely of snow. It drew lots of attention and cameras.

VISITORS: Say cheese! Cheeeeeese!

Maldonado says his snow shark took only about four hours but that’s because he had good help from his two young sons:

SON: I was packing the snow and next my dad spray painted it. My brudder worked on the tiny fin over there.

There’s no evident danger that this fad will jump the shark anytime soon, but eventually time and temperature will melt it.

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