OT: news story - interesting..

[byrself]

some bull sharks have been spotted in a freshwater/brackish lake near the new orleans area. i didn't know sharks could live in fresh water for extended periods also according to the article. click here to read.. <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wdsu/20020703/lo/1245201_1.html" target="_blank">SHARKS!!!</a>

 

[steamboat1569]

Tiger sharks have been found as far as near the mouth of the Missisipi River.

 

[kris walker]

The mouth of the Mississippi is saltwater isn't it--where the freshwater meets the Gulf?
As for bull sharks, they are they only sharks that I know of that can tolerate pure fresh water, and they are big menaces in Brazil up the Amazon river where kids like to bathe. They are very dangerous, probably as bad as tiger sharks in my opinion.
kris

 

[steamboat1569]

I meant the other end of the Mississippi. Here is an excerpt from an article stumbled across.
Bad customers: The most dangerous shark is arguably the great white, a large, aggressive predator. The second-most dangerous in U.S. waters is likely the bull shark, a large (up to 12 feet), aggressive animal that is only one of two shark species to regularly enter fresh water, traveling up the Mississippi River as far as the Ohio River. A third dangerous species is the tiger shark, which can grow to 20 feet. Tiger sharks sometimes eat people, whereas other species seem to attack humans primarily when mistaking them for typical prey, such as sea lions. This species of shark has been found as far as Iowa and Minnesota, in the Mississippi River, as well as the Ohio River.

 

[kris walker]

WOW! I never knew tiger sharks could go that far up! Thanks for the info, ya learn something at work every day, even if it's not work-related!! LOL.
kris

 

[beattyr]

Originally posted by steamboat1569:
<strong>I meant the other end of the Mississippi. Here is an excerpt from an article stumbled across.
Bad customers: The most dangerous shark is arguably the great white, a large, aggressive predator. The second-most dangerous in U.S. waters is likely the bull shark, a large (up to 12 feet), aggressive animal that is only one of two shark species to regularly enter fresh water, traveling up the Mississippi River as far as the Ohio River. A third dangerous species is the tiger shark, which can grow to 20 feet. Tiger sharks sometimes eat people, whereas other species seem to attack humans primarily when mistaking them for typical prey, such as sea lions. This species of shark has been found as far as Iowa and Minnesota, in the Mississippi River, as well as the Ohio River.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Great! <img src="graemlins//eek.gif" border="0" alt="[eek]" /> Now I'll be doing all my swimming in a POOL! That is, until I get my scuba certificate and I can carry a knife to scare away those big mean ole sharks
Rob

 

[kris walker]

Get a big knife.
kris

 

[steamboat1569]

The above article was just something I stumbled across while visiting a freind in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was in an article I happened to stumble upon while reading a local newspaper. I thought it very interesting, and kept it in a box with other strange things I have read. These may be isolated incidents, or a hoax. I just thought I would dig it out when I seen the post.
I think I will add a disclaimer for everything I write. I was just passing along some info, not trying to fool anyone. I do not seem to find anything on the net about it, just a newspaper from a few yrs. back.

 

[kris walker]

Naw, you don't need a disclaimer. We all know newspapers often screw up facts and stories (as does the press in general), they still often contain valid info that if often a great converstation starter on message boards like this. And who knows, it may have been a tiger shark or a bull shark.
cheers,
kris

 

[tru conch]

bull sharks are known to inhabit lake nicuragua, a freshwater lake. bulls do have a nasty dispostion, due to the highest amount of testosterone in any animal. the hormones make them very aggressive, along with their "bull" body compostion. i have not heard of the stories about bulls up the mississippi river though. very intersting info.