Vortigern99
5th October 2009, 02:47 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32601728/ns/travel-active/
Bull sharks can swim miles up fresh water rivers in search of prey. Although the incidence of shark attacks in Iran has slowed as of late, the Tigris River, in Iran is still the shark attack capital of the Middle East.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL3019334620071030
A two-meter shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3065355,00.html
Fishermen in the southern [Israeli] town of Ashdod caught three Sharks in recent days, including one that was five-meter-long (about 16 feet,) ....
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w200xq8t25167331/
The finding of neonatal whale sharks from Northern Indian Ocean waters off of Pakistan and Bangladesh....
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/GAttack/MapAsia.htm
1580-2008 Map of Asia's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks
Territory Total Attacks Fatal Attacks Last Fatality
Iran 23 8 1985
India 15 6 1956
Iraq 8 2 197?
Singapore 5 3 1954
Saudi Arabia 4 1 194?
Yemen 2 2 1955
Israel 1 0
Pakistan 1 0
UAE 1 0
Unspecified 2 0
ASIA 117 52 2000
No further comment necessary; I think the facts speak for themselves. ;)
Bull sharks can swim miles up fresh water rivers in search of prey. Although the incidence of shark attacks in Iran has slowed as of late, the Tigris River, in Iran is still the shark attack capital of the Middle East.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL3019334620071030
A two-meter shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3065355,00.html
Fishermen in the southern [Israeli] town of Ashdod caught three Sharks in recent days, including one that was five-meter-long (about 16 feet,) ....
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w200xq8t25167331/
The finding of neonatal whale sharks from Northern Indian Ocean waters off of Pakistan and Bangladesh....
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/statistics/GAttack/MapAsia.htm
1580-2008 Map of Asia's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks
Territory Total Attacks Fatal Attacks Last Fatality
Iran 23 8 1985
India 15 6 1956
Iraq 8 2 197?
Singapore 5 3 1954
Saudi Arabia 4 1 194?
Yemen 2 2 1955
Israel 1 0
Pakistan 1 0
UAE 1 0
Unspecified 2 0
ASIA 117 52 2000
No further comment necessary; I think the facts speak for themselves. ;)