can u have a shark?

Question

Can u have a shark as a pet or can they just not be one because they can stay in the water but u can we they are baby right.

Answer 1

There are lots of sharks what you can keep in a aquarium! Some only grow up to 30cm max just like the silver shark!

Answer 2

There are many species of sharks which are quite entertaining and small enough to be kept as pets. Your local pet store will be able to show them to you.

You don't want to get a Great White or something, even "as a baby" because like Tigers and Lions, they grow up and you can't prevent it. Well, you can prevent them from growing up, but I suspect you aren't the type.

Answer 3

I have a red tail and I got him from the pet store. this type of shark lives in fresh water and not salt water though

Answer 4

Actually, yes you can - a little one anyway. There are a number of very small shark species that can be kept in aquaria. Ask at your local aquarium dealer.

Answer 5

Miss

I give below a true story of a shark
brought up by Mr. Valentine & his family

After reading it,

you will be enriched enough, on having a Shark as a pet.




Pet Shark to Head for Bigger Home, Posted on Wed, Jan. 01, 2003

John Valentine's pet shark isn't nearly the size of Jaws, but it's getting too big and predatory for Valentine's living room aquarium.

Despite the Pleasanton man's misgivings, and protests from his wife and kids, Valentine plans to donate his two-and-a-half year old white-tipped reef shark to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a special 'sharks and rays' exhibit.

Though the exhibit won't open until early 2004, Monterey Bay Aquarium biologists plan to pick up the shark, named Jigsaw, in about a month. They'll use soft nets and vinyl stretchers to hoist Jigsaw from the Valentines' eight-ton, 1,500-gallon household aquarium and transport the shark in a big, oxygenated mobile tank.

Valentine says he and his family have gotten attached to Jigsaw in much the same way people bond with their pet cats and dogs. But he says the shark has grown to more than four feet long, bigger than expected in a confined space, and that it's time to let it explore larger territories.

"We want to do the right thing for him" Valentine said. `"We love him, but he'll be better off with four or five other reef sharks in a bigger tank. "We nurtured him from infant to adult, and now it's time for him to go to college."

Although Jigsaw's appetite grows by the day, and though it will gobble up any new fish Valentine puts in the tank, it hasn't eaten any of the 15 saltwater creatures it's lived with in the tank from the start.

"That's what's hard for me to let go of" Valentine said. "I never knew a shark had character or an alliance with things it actually grew up with."

"I'll miss him more than anyone" said his wife, Whitney. "He's friends with the fish in there. They cohabitate."

Valentine bought Jigsaw in August 2000 for $900 from a friend who ran a Danville aquarium. At the time, the shark was only 16 inches long and easily blended in with Valentine's collection of rare and exotic undersea creatures - including several kinds of tangs, triggers and eels.

"When we got him, we didn't know if he'd live,'' Valentine said. "He was so fragile, so skinny and small.

Initially, Valentine fed Jigsaw every seven to nine days by sticking pieces of squid on a fork attached to the end of a pool cue. But now Jigsaw devours a couple of calamari steaks every four or five days.

White-tipped reef shark can grow to six-and-a-half-feet long, and it's not known just how big Jigsaw will get when in a less confined space.

Regardless, "it will be healthier in a larger environment" said Kevin Lewand, a biologist with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. "When sharks get too large for their tank, they start declining physically."

Lewand said it's not all that uncommon for people to have sharks as household pets. But he said most hobbyists have nurse sharks, which grow to a maximum four to five feet long and are a lot fatter and lazier.

He said white-tip reef sharks, a species commonly found in shallow tropical waters from the Galapagos Islands to the Indian Ocean, aren't known for attacking people - unless provoked. And they're definitely not as treacherous as the great white shark, as seen in the movie 'Jaws', which as adults range in length from 21 to 26 feet.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium exhibit will feature Jigsaw and other white-tipped reef sharks, along with their cousins, the black-tipped reef shark.

The Valentines have already bought a three-year membership so they can visit. When the exhibit is over in two to three years, Monterey Bay Aquarium officials say Jigsaw and the other reef sharks will probably be donated to another licensed facility.

Zachary Valentine, nine, said he'll miss Jigsaw:

"I want to keep him,'' Zachary said. "My friends think he's awesome. It's really cool when he swims around and tries to get out.'' His dad notes the top of the tank is normally protected by wood panels.

Though the family also owns a gecko, it also has a more traditional pet, a hound dog named DK!





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Answer 6

yes u can have it....but it is practically impossible...