Thread: Wapp shark

hi fellas im from ms and saw the same story on fb yesterday. i always been fascinated by sharks and i remember reading in national geographic where there was documetation of a bull shark found in the ms at st. louis. at the time that was the farthest inland a shark had ever OFFICIALLY known to have traveled and he was found dead tangled in a trot line.

Originally Posted by murdok

hi fellas im from ms and saw the same story on fb yesterday. i always been fascinated by sharks and i remember reading in national geographic where there was documetation of a bull shark found in the ms at st. louis. at the time that was the farthest inland a shark had ever OFFICIALLY known to have traveled and he was found dead tangled in a trot line.

That is true. They found a dead 6 foot bull shark in the water intake in Alton Illinois. It more than likely swam up the Mississippi River from the gulf. There is no way a shark could make it into Wappapello from the ocean. There is no direct link.