Alabama fossil excursions kick off just in time for Shark Week By Jamon Smith July 10, 2021 Fossil hunters separate fossils from stream gravel while searching for ancient shark teeth in Alabama's Shark Tooth Creek. (contributed) The landlocked Alabama Black Belt isn’t where someone would expect to find fossilized shark teeth, but that’s where Alabama Museum of Natural History shark hunters are leading the state’s only daylong, public fossil excursions from July 10 to Aug. 6. With Discovery Channel’s 33rd annual Shark Week starting July 11, the University of Alabama’s timing in celebrating Alabama’s own fascinating shark history couldn’t be better.