Posted on 08/31/2023 7:41:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
If there’s one place you think you’d be safe from sharks, it’s Idaho.
Well, think again.
After all, a salmon shark was discovered on the shores of the Salmon River near Riggins, located about two hours north of Boise. Yes, a shark was found nestled deep in a canyon in the west-central part of a state known for potatoes and beautiful mountain ranges.
What gives? Who knows?
Especially interesting is the fact that Clearwater Region fisheries manager Joe Dupont released a statement saying only Bull Sharks can survive in freshwater rivers. Clearly, this salmon shark made a wrong turn.
A salmon shark was found in the unlikeliest of places — in Idaho. (Idaho Fish and Game) Per one local media outlet:
“The Salmon River, otherwise known as “The River of No Return,” is a freshwater river that runs in central and eastern Idaho. According to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the main stem of the river is home to a variety of fish, including several species of trout and salmon, among others. But salmon sharks are not among those other species.”
KRQE Salmon sharks can grow up to 10-feet long and weigh up to nearly 1,000 pounds. They are mostly found in open ocean and coastal waters, such as those near Korea and Japan. That said, have been known to hang out in the waters of Alaska and California.
But Idaho? Yeah, no.
“I think it is safe to assume that somebody dropped this one on the shore for a good laugh. I certainly have laughed about it,” Dupont said. “This would have been a great April’s Fools joke.”
Maybe. Unless you’re the shark.
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Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) about 2 weeks ago First smallmouth bass, then walleye, and now SALMON SHARKS! When are our salmon and steelhead going to catch a break?
Calls and emails came pouring in yesterday claiming a shark was found washed up on the shores of the Salmon River near Riggins. With so many calls coming in, we investigated and here is what we learned (entire details are in this article): idfg.idaho.gov/article/alarming-discovery-banks-salmon-river
Hmmmm- a lost shark (why???) that went from the Oregon shore, up the Columbia River, to the Snake River, to the Salmon River????
OK, you win the thread !
Of course.
Not really, there are about 8 hydro electric dams between there and the ocean. There is no way a shark could navigate all those fish ladders and what would even compel them to try?
We’re raising them here to eat Californians.
To get into the Guinness Book of Records..................
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/sharks-in-lakes-discover-the-only-shark-infested-lakes-on-earth/
Excerpt:
Bull sharks travel up the San Juan River to Lake Nicaragua and sometimes spend years in the lake before returning to the Caribbean Ocean. Lake Nicaragua is a freshwater lake, and it’s one of the largest in the Americas.
What’s amazing about this particular bull shark is its ability to jump over a series of 8 rapids on its way to the lake like a salmon. This behavior hasn’t been demonstrated by bull sharks anywhere else in the world and is unique to the Lake Nicaragua shark.
Sawfish are closely related to sharks, and they’re also found in Lake Nicaragua.
Maybe it wanted some good potatoes.
Maybe it self-identifies as a salmon...............
No GPS..................
You may be closer than you think.
Sharks use earth’s magnetioc field as part of their navigation system and scientists have been reporting many changes in that field in recent years.
Idaho and India match in 3 out of the four main Gematria ciphers. Gematria is the ancient practice of coding numbers into letters, giving words numeric values and, many believe, revealing deeper meanings and hidden connections.
The relevance of the Salmon shark - is a connection to author Salman Rushdie. To be posted later.
Sounds fishy to me..............................
Californicators are more dangerous than any shark. Ruined this place...
Thank you. 😜
That’s obviously what happened.
Oh my gosh!!!
Saturday Night Live was funny at one time?
You can buy freshwater sharks (the size of minnows) in any pet store, so they're not exactly rare or unusual. The sharks in Lago de Nicaragua were bull sharks that swam upriver and got landlocked a few hundred years ago. Now they're a separate subspecies. And they still eat people.
Bulls have been found in the Mississippi as far north as Alton, Ill. They're sort of like mollys (tropical fish), only in reverse. Under the right circumstances, they can acclimate to fresh water.
We had two. They grew to be about 8 inches long, then jumped out of the tank one night.............
Was the whole earth flooded ?
could a dead shark have migrated from the Atlantic to the Pacific (geographical locations) ?
You don’t know a joke when you see one, do you?
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