Bull Shark

[Zoodiver]

Would not be important. They dont NEED to go into freshwater. They can for short periods of time. Usually to have their young. They have an advantage that way because as soon as the pups are born they are the top predator in that freshwater environment. As the pups get bigger they work their way back to saltwater. NO bull sharks can live in 100% freshwater permanently.

True, but there are a few isolated populations of bulls living in 100% freshwater for their entire lifespan.

I think the nurse would make a much better pet, as they are fairly sedentary. From my diving/spearfishing experience in the gulf... its pretty rare to see bulls over 10ft long. Most of the sharks I see are in the 8-9ft range. But they are active swimmers when compared to nurses... and probably not best suited to aquarium life. A shark like that would not be dangerous...unless you were in the aquarium with it...and even then. Probably not that dangerous. I spear with bleeding/dead/dying fish on a stringer tied to my waist... and I wont say they dont approach me, but they are easily dissuaded with a firm prod with a sharp spear.

I just got an email last week confirming reports of more and more 12+ ft bulls in the Gulf of Mexico and around various islands/keys just South of FL. We have a 10 footer living just off of Key Biscane in a group of five that hunt together.
They can be dangerous to people keeping them even if the person isn't in the water with them. Feeding, cleaning and all other tank work will put you close enough to be injured.

 

[Colorado_Dempsey]

I spear with bleeding/dead/dying fish on a stringer tied to my waist... and I wont say they dont approach me, but they are easily dissuaded with a firm prod with a sharp spear.

wow you are one brave dude

 

[Dick Strongley]

I havent won the lotto, but how much would a very small bull shark cost?

 

[krj-1168]

For a Bull Shark pup - the last price I heard of was about $6,000 (U.S.). But that price was from 2-3 years ago. And requires special premits to own one.

 

[billbobthegreat]

why dont you remove your stairs and live up there, seal the entire bottom of your house, rienforce the whole street, then fill the bottom of your house with water and then the shark can live there. cos thats what kinda size tank your lookin at. in reality you would need around 500,000 gallons to hold one of these monsters they are overtly aggresive and would cost a lot to feed, they eat roughly 1500 pounds of meat a year wich wil cost lots. awesome sharks though. not insulting you with the house thing i just found it funny as my friend thinks he can convert his basement lol

 

[Bottomfeeder]

doesnt gilbert arenas have some or is getting some lol

from his blog...

“…Then I’ll have my personal shark tank that’s going to be in my basement. My basement used to be my weight room but I’m converting it to a shark tank. I cut a whole wall out down there and replaced it with a 10,000 gallon shark tank. That’s going to be my aggressive tank, only filled with bullhead sharks. If anybody knows what a bullhead shark is, it’s the No. 1 killing shark in America. It can go in salt water and it can go in fresh water. I’m going to have a salt water tank so I can have my eels and my stingrays too.”

(yes he sounds like an idiot... but he seems to like fish)

yes on the idiot part...Bullhead Shark is a type of Horn Shark, and a full sw species.

 

[Zoodiver]

For a Bull Shark pup - the last price I heard of was about $6,000 (U.S.). But that price was from 2-3 years ago. And requires special premits to own one.

I only know of about 3 people who can get you legal bulls in the US. And of those, none will sell to you without the proper housing for the adult size animal. I've seen legal bulls as low as $7,500, and as high as $18,000 per shark.