Was the lake michigan shark just a pet or it was actually encountered.?

Question

Was the lake michigan shark just a pet or it was actually encountered.?

Answer 1

The saltwater fish was a dead juvenile blacktip shark, George Burgess, director of the Florida Program For Shark Research at the University of Florida, told the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Mark Tonello, a fisheries biologist from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, said someone might have caught the shark off the Atlantic Coast and kept it on ice while bringing it to northern Michigan.

Bull sharks have occasionally been seen in Mississippi River as far North as St. Louis. Even more rare, due to cooler waters, bull sharks have made their way up the Illinois River and into Lake Michigan such as an encounter off the coast of Chicago, Illinois.

Answer 2

From what I read it was dead and they were not sure where it came from.

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/30/shar...

Hope that helps.

Bethany

Answer 3

Well the shark is a salt water animal, and cannot survive in freshwater.  It was found dead by a man named Rich Fasi of Traverse City.  They suspect that it was caught in the Atlantic and was kept on ice while bringing it to northern Michigan.  Another theory was that it was someone's pet and was dumped.  (I would suspect the latter).

Answer 4

http://conservationreport.com/2008/07/15...