Yes, there are sharks in some freshwater rivers. Jeremy Wade holds a five-foot bull shark captured in Australia's Brisbane River.
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Jeremy Wade says that hooking a bull shark felt like nothing he'd ever hooked in a river before. The fish sliced at great speed through the water, making several rapid changes of direction.
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To prepare for this episode of River Monsters, Jeremy Wade caught a bull shark in the ocean first.
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The bull shark flexed strongly several times on land, making it hard to restrain. After verifying the fish's identity, Jeremy put it back in the river and moved it through the water to aerate the blood in its gills before letting it go.
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Jeremy Wade with a gigantic Queensland grouper, the largest fish he'd ever caught prior to Season 2 of River Monsters.
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Also known as the giant grouper, the Queensland grouper is the largest bony fish found in coral reefs, and the aquatic emblem of Queensland, Australia.
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