Live Shark Found in Condo Swimming Pool

NBC Miami ^ | Jan 16, 2016

[nickcarraway]

Wildlife officials are trying to figure out exactly how a shark got into the swimming pool at a South Florida condo complex.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers responded to the Mariner's Cay condominium in Hypoluxo last week after a woman found a live five-foot blacktip shark in the pool.

The woman told officers she saw two young men running from the pool, which is located near the shoreline of the Intracoastal Waterway. The officers removed the shark from the pool and returned it to the ocean.

Blacktip sharks are among the most common species in coastal South Florida.

[a fool in paradise]

Salt water pools are trending but I agree, chlorine damage to the shark is the first thing I thought of.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Dont salt generators produce a low, but constant, level of chlorine? And yes they are gaining in popularity, but theyre not “salt water” as in ocean water.

I’m guessing the shark has dumped into the pool by a disgruntled renter.

[Tax-chick]

I agree, chlorine damage to the shark is the first thing I thought of

I did not know FR had shark enthusiasts on the order of the snake-fanciers.

[Salamander]

What purpose is served by harming any animal, as a "joke"?

"The beast you kill in jest, dies in earnest"

[Tax-chick]

What purpose is served by harming any animal, as a "joke"?

None. (I like to ask the same question about jokes involving people.)

[Salamander]

Indeed.

[newfreep]

"The beast you kill in jest, dies in earnest"

"They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast"

[dfwgator]

"They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast"

"Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening."

[shortstop]

Obviously, it was a pool shark.

[nickcarraway]

Is it possible that a storm caused it to end up in the pool or something? I guess frat boys, rednecks, or Led Zeppelin could have done it, but that is one crazy prank.

[ZinGirl]

Or a land shark...in a pool.

[Salamander]

If nothing else, I’m a good straight ‘mander for you guys.

;)

[Salamander]

Until they literally bolted it into place, every year the college kids would kidnap the horse from atop the Red Horse Steak House in Frederick and abandon it in the middle of some lonely back road.

What people do never ceases to amaze me.

[Tax-chick]

The article said some young men were seen running away, so I’m guessing it was intentional.

This reminds me of the Jeff Corwin show we were watching a few nights ago, in which he said that 75% of rattlesnake bite situations involved alcohol.

[Salamander]

That is my guess, as well.

Are you on any snake forums?

Funniest things ever, are the videos of “vicious cottonmouths chasing people down”.

They are hilarious.

I believe YouTube has quite a few, as well.

[Salamander]

“75% of rattlesnake bite situations involved alcohol.”

Who knew snakes drank?

[nickcarraway]

Shark from Pool Likely Dead

[Tax-chick]

No, my son used to be on some snake boards, but he’s all into role-playing games now.

Dr. Dorcas, the Davidson College snake guy, said their experiments showed that you couldn’t always get a cottonmouth to bite even if you stepped on its head.

[Tax-chick]

Oh, too bad. The teenagers probably didn’t know the pool would do any harm.

[Salamander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314N7xIeRR8