Shark found on dock on Guntersville Lake - updated: hoax (drove up I-65)

that's where I bought my boat from.

Had to be put there. Way too far from the coast and no waterways (that I can see) that connect them.

gotta be a prank

It's really not all that far up the Tombigbee/Tenn-Tom/Tennessee river.

I really don't think it's likely however unless that shark was born up there (Do bull sharks lay eggs in freshwater?) It looks pretty small.

i know bull sharks retain salt in their swim bladder which allows them to travel into freshwater but that's just a little too far north to be believable to me

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(Do bull sharks lay eggs in freshwater?)

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Live young, Wade had a whole show about 14ft bullsharks swimming inland to give birth, then learning that they could steal fish off lines in the lakes, and staying. The babies hang out in the river until they're three or four feet long, then head to the ocean. It's unlikely, but possible this was a juvenile that took a wrong turn looking for bluewater.

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According to Guntersville Police Chief Jim Peterson, a shark found on the banks of Lake Guntersville was a hoax. He says a fisherman found the shark Wednesday morning at a boat ramp near the Outlaw Steak House. Peterson says the naturalist from the Lake Guntersville State Park came and examined the shark. She says the fish had clearly been dead for days and was in an advance state of decomposition.

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That settles that... ha.

I did not realize there were gators up in North Alabama until about a month ago when a buddy took a pic of one while he was fishing. It was in Cotaco creek right off the river near Huntsville.