Animal Planet’s River Monsters series, which has chronicled fearsome species such as the piranha and the Nile crocodile, will air a segment filmed in South Florida’s Indian River Lagoon.
The lagoon, which stretches from northern Palm Beach County through Volusia County, attracts vast numbers of bull sharks to give birth, becoming a place “where unsuspecting water enthusiasts are faced with what could become a modern day Jaws,” according to the show’s promoters.
Bull sharks are known for their ability to tolerate fresh water, in some case traveling hundreds of miles up rivers. Although shark attacks on people are very rare, bull sharks rank with tiger sharks and great whites as the most dangerous.
The episode, called American Killers, also includes segments from Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. It airs Sunday, April 1, at 9 p.m.
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