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Aggressive by nature, bull sharks are considered by many to be the most dangerous shark in the oceans.

They also have one very interesting feature which distinguishes them from their famous cousins ( the great white and tiger sharks ). Bull sharks can swim in fresh water.

Yep, that’s right. It might be the last place you expect to be harassed, but bull sharks have been known to swim upstream into rivers and lakes! They’ve been spotted thousands of miles up the Amazon River, and in South America they’ve even been seen leaping up river rapids ( like salmons ) to reach Lake Nicaragua. Its even been seen as far up the Mississippi River as Illinois.

Named for their unpredictable disposition, their short, blunt snout, and the fact that they often “head- butt” their prey before attacking, the bull shark are fast and agile and will eat just about anything that comes their way.

Date: August 23, 2007 Late-night
Location: Sarasota Bay, Florida
Shark: Bull Shark

Andrea Lynch was on a boating trip with friends off of the coast of Sarasota, FL when she and some others decided to go for a late-night swim. A 7ft-long bull shark interrupted the fun. As she lay on her back in the ocean the shark anchored its teeth into her side, sinking them into her hips and ribs.

“I was screaming. There was blood all over.”

The shark shook her, and then released quickly, allowing Andrea to race back to the boat. Apparently, since it was night her friends didn’t see the attack and thought she was joking, refusing to believe that a shark had attacked her.

“I reached back with my hand”, she said, “and felt these gashes on me, and there was blood running down my body and pooling into the boat.” She ended up with 17 puncture wounds several of them just narrowly missing her lungs.

She later joked, “Either it didn’t like the taste of human or it thought I was too bony.”