bull shark
Americannoun
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The study appears in the journal Animal Behaviour under the title: "Rolling in the deep: drivers of social preferences and social interactions within a bull shark aggregation in Fiji."
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
Just ask the Venezuelan kayaker who was briefly ingested by a whale, or the woman who was attempting to take a selfie with a bull shark but got both of her hands bitten off.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
An Australian woman attacked by a bull shark in Sydney Harbour has thanked her "heroic" neighbours for coming to her aid.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024
In 2009, an Australian navy clearance diver was mauled by a bull shark during a training exercise in the harbor.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024
Throughout the afternoon, we catch, sample and tag two more nurse sharks and a slate-gray bull shark.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
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