[mhking]

Can someone do the Missouri thing and show me?

According to some experts, the bull shark (above), also known as the freshwater or river shark, grows from 7 to 11 feet long, and has "been found up to 1,750 miles up the Mississippi River in the USA and 2,500 miles up the Amazon River in Peru."

"Considered to be the most dangerous shark in the world, even surpassing the Great White Shark, a heavy bodied with a short nose and a medium sized second dorsal fin. It has broad, serrated triangular upper teeth and very powerful jaws. It has a broad diet and will eat almost anything."

-- The Shark Gallery, "Bull Shark"

I got no desire to be on the business end of that thing...

[Black Agnes]

Hey, yours is better, it has pictures! :)

[billhilly]

I grew up on the Misissippi in Western Kentucky and never heard about this. Of course, catfish as big as sharks were rumored. I don't know if it is bull sharks, or bull sh--. It is pretty hard to argue with this evidence. I would like to take back all of my wading, swimming, and duck hunting. I don't believe I could have done it knowing this.

[rmlew]

Interesting site. One thing. They claim tha the 1916 NJ attacks were due to Great Whites. I believe that this is false.
2 of the Fatal attacks occured in a creek and the shark was only 7.5 feet.
That sounds like a Bull Shark to me. They certainly can be mistaken for juvenile Great Whites.
http://www.reefquest.com/topics/nj_maneater.htm

Bull Sharks, and two species of Tiger shark are commonly found in NJ.
http://www.njscuba.net/aqua_biology/sharks_inshore.html

At the office today, I was wistfully thinking of being at the beach and swimming. I think I've just scared myself out of that option.