Bull Sharks Can Survive in Freshwater, Lived in a Pond for 17 Years

• A group of bull sharks lived in a freshwater golf course pond for over 17 years.
• Scientists say it’s the longest we’ve ever seen sharks live in freshwater.
• They’re unsure if the original sharks are still alive, since they haven’t been spotted since 2015.

For almost two decades, a golf course in Australia boasted a unique selling point — a shark-infested pond near its fourteenth hole. 

Bull sharks in a pond is odd enough. Sharks in a golf course pond is odder still. But this group of bull sharks is the oddest yet. 

They are somewhat of a scientific marvel because they’ve lived in freshwater longer than any other bull shark that scientists have observed. 

Groups of bull sharks have been trapped in freshwater areas in Panama and South Africa, but those groups…