bull shark
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“It’s possible” they had their hands on the biggest bull shark in the ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
Authorities believe the boy was attacked by a bull shark, an aggressive species found in warm, shallow waters.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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
Between 30 to 40 shark species live around the Bahamas, although the Caribbean reef shark, the bull shark, the tiger shark and the black tip shark have the highest bite frequency, Naylor said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
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