tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post4887819221662681188..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: DALE DRINNON: Meeting Old NicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-763984043156844782010-02-02T13:00:56.309+00:002010-02-02T13:00:56.309+00:00Retrieverman: you are mistaken. Alligator gar are ...Retrieverman: you are mistaken. Alligator gar are artificially introduced in several locations and evidently illegally, including in Hong Kong and Central Asia, as my post indicated.<br /><br />Furthermore they are known in Lake Nicaragua. It is not known how they got there, but it is possibly through artificial introduction once again. They have also been reported in the saltwater Gulf of Mexico.<br /><br />Now if it is also at sea, that also answers you statement that it is a mistake to assume that the shark was landlocked and had to be bitten inside the lake. I did not say that was necessary. But on the other hand in the original photo the biter mark looks quite fresh and is not an old scar: therefore asuming that it was bitten IN the lake would only seem reasonable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-54298948278479773722010-02-01T14:00:23.994+00:002010-02-01T14:00:23.994+00:00i can see why they would call that a lake monster ...i can see why they would call that a lake monster serpent: the inside of the mouth looks just like the inside of a snake's mouth, only with more teeth. natsy, to.Little Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017834918703965792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-75076756336370234322010-02-01T13:36:05.863+00:002010-02-01T13:36:05.863+00:00It couldn't be an alligator gar. Those are nat...It couldn't be an alligator gar. Those are native to only the United States.<br /><br />It could have been the tropical gar, which is a native to Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica.<br /><br />However, they don't get as large as the alligator gar, although they do look very similar. The biggest on record are 1.5 meters long.<br /><br />The biggest alligator gars are something to behold.<br /><br />There are American crocodiles in Nicaragua's lakes.<br /><br />My guess is that it was some kind of toothed fish. <br /><br />It couldn't be an alligator gar. <br /><br />Maybe the shark was attacked by a great barracuda when it was in the ocean.<br /><br />These sharks do not stay in Lake Nicaragua permanently. They actually jump the rapids of the San Juan River to go between the lake and the Caribbean. Because of this, it is wrong to assume that this shark was attacked in the lake. It is a common misconception that these sharks are trapped in the lake. Studies that have tagged the sharks have found the same individuals in both the lake and the open ocean within a week of capture.Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.com