I just stumbled across this story (Click here) about a bull shark being found in Lake Guntersville, Alabama. Click here to see a picture of the shark and click here to see a video of the teenager who found it. People around here are speculating it was dumped there as a hoax, what do y'all think?
Shark Found In Alabama Lake
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, Aug 02 2008 05:51 PM
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Posted 02 August 2008 - 05:51 PM
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Posted 02 August 2008 - 06:02 PM
Probably someone put it there as a joke but Bull sharks do go into fresh water to have their young. It just sounds like it wouldn't be easy for one to swim to that lake 
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Posted 03 August 2008 - 08:46 AM
Is there any river linkage between the Lake and the sea? As mentioned, bull sharks easily tolerate freshwater, at least for short (days?) periods of time.
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Posted 03 August 2008 - 08:46 AM
Is there any river linkage between the Lake and the sea? As mentioned, bull sharks easily tolerate freshwater, at least for short (days?) periods of time.
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Posted 03 August 2008 - 05:56 PM
In one of the articles I read they mapped out a couple of possible fresh water routes. Via the highway I think Lake Guntersville is around 6 hours from the ocean.Is there any river linkage between the Lake and the sea? As mentioned, bull sharks easily tolerate freshwater, at least for short (days?) periods of time.
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