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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j7a7epo wrote

Reply to comment by Intern_Boy in Teenage girl killed by shark while jet skiing in Australia by AldoTheeApache

Bull sharks are pretty widespread all over the globe and here in the US, I think there have been reports of them swimming into the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

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HereWeGoAgain-77 t1_j7ax3je wrote

They used to make it up into the great lakes until we developed the river way.

Now they have been spotted as far north as Ohio.

Happy swimming.

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showers_with_grandpa t1_j7bg2w0 wrote

There has never been a confirmed sighting of a bull shark in the Great Lakes. Definitely up the Mississippi as far as Iowa, and once in the Ohio River a dead one was found but pretty safe to say they get in the Ohio all the time.

The Great Lakes are just not a comfortable temp for BULL* sharks and while one could survive during the warms months I don't think environment suits them from a hunting aspect, they aren't deep water predators.

Edit: *forgot to specify bull sharks

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Thighabeetus t1_j7b8ajw wrote

I Need a source on this. I will start googling as well because this is fascinating if true

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watchingsongsDL t1_j7cg6g9 wrote

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 2 - this time with sharks!

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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j7chwif wrote

Sounds like a good idea for some kind of horror film. We were up in Mackinaw City, Michigan last summer and rode a boat over to Mackinac Island and drove over that huge bridge to take a side trip to the Upper Peninsula. Bull sharks mutated to be able to survive in colder waters escape from a lake-side aquarium and wreak all kinds of havoc.

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cmmgreene t1_j7dff4o wrote

Probably New Jersey to, Jaws may have been inspired by a summer of shark attacks back in the day. On the last attacks of the summer was in a fresh water creek. Sounds more like Bull Shark then a great white.

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