You pause in front of a tank filled with sleek sharks and shimmering salmon. In a surprising twist of biological fate, you might be more closely related to the salmon than the shark is.

Salmon sharks’ eating habits also depend on several other factors like their age and gender. “They do not seem to be salmon specialists," McInturf stated.

The salmon shark's diet consists of salmon, squid, birds, and herring. Idaho officials believe the discovery of a salmon shark found on the banks of the Salmon River was a joke.

A salmon shark, which lives in saltwater, washed up on the shore of Idaho's freshwater Salmon River. The sharks are usually only found in parts of the Northern Pacific Ocean. They grow up to 10 ft ...

A salmon shark was found on the shores of the Salmon River near Riggins, Idaho, on August 15, wildlife officials said. (Idaho Fish and Game) "They don’t live in freshwater.

RIGGINS, Idaho — A Salmon Shark was found in the Salmon River near Riggins, but fear not -- it may have just been someone's type of joke. Idaho Fish and Game posted Wednesday that they "felt the ...

He said the salmon shark that was discovered was probably about 3 feet long and possibly 10 pounds. DuPont wrote in the blog that it would have been a great April Fool's joke.

The salmon shark does not live in fresh water, and is suspected to have been a prank for a "good laugh," according to Fish and Game. ((Idaho Fish and Game)) “They don’t live in freshwater.