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8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

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8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

Postby allingeneral » Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:53:01

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird ... 87408.html

Willy Dean has an incredible fish tale to tell. On Tuesday, he caught a shark while on the Potomac River in St. Mary's County, Md.

Don't believe him? He has the pictures to prove it.

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Dean put out a net Monday at Cornfield Harbor in the Potomac three miles north of Point Lookout with hopes of catching cow-nosed rays for a Solomons Island Marina biologist. When he checked Monday night everything seemed normal. But when he checked again Tuesday morning, he made a startling discovery.

In the net was an 8-foot-long shark. He said it was a bull shark. According to National Geographic, experts consider them to be "the most dangerous sharks in the world."

Whatever kind of shark it was, Dean knows two things: it had a heck of a lot of teeth, and it didn't go out easily.

"We had an interesting morning bringing it in," Dean said. "It was quite a fight."

Once the shark was captured, the next question was: What the heck do you do with it?

"I am probably going to have it mounted, maybe the head," Dean said. "Right now, the shark's in the freezer."

Which means there's no chance that this fish tale ends with the big one getting away...

First Published: Sep 1, 2010 12:16 PM EDT
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Re: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

Postby OakRidgeStars » Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:56:01

:confused:
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Re: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

Postby chfaunce » Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:57:42

allingeneral wrote: According to National Geographic, experts consider them to be "the most dangerous sharks in the world."

Whatever kind of shark it was, Dean knows two things: it had a heck of a lot of teeth, and it didn't go out easily.

First Published: Sep 1, 2010 12:16 PM EDT


This.

And yes, it was without much doubt a Bull Shark. They're not limited to salt water, and have been known to make their way into even fresh waters to hunt. As a matter of fact, it wasn't the Great White that inspired the movie Jaws at all. It was a Bull Shark.


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Re: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

Postby TheGodfather » Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:58:56

"Those who are willing to sacrifice their basic liberties to assure their security deserve neither."

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Re: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

Postby KaosDad » Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:48:41

'Twert a shark - 'twas Nanci Pelosi.
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Re: 8-Foot Shark Caught in Potomac River

Postby chfaunce » Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:04:06

Throw it back, throw it back!!


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