12-year-old catches 551-pound bull shark in Florida waters
January 2, 2008WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—A 12-year-old Connecticut boy may be the new Florida state record holder for catching the heaviest bull shark.
Aidan Murray Medley had a spent a half day at sea Tuesday when he reeled in the 551-pound bull shark just north of the Palm Beach Inlet.
The seventh-grader at Eagle Hill School in Greenwich was in Palm Beach County on vacation with his family. They plan to submit his catch for a new state record.
Florida wildlife officials say the current record set in 1981 was a 517-pound catch at Panama City Beach.
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COMMENT: Sharks are our fellow predators; predators are supposed to hunt prey animals, NOT other predators.
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