bull shark
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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
Twelve-year-old Nico Antic had been jumping off a rock ledge with friends on 18 January when he was attacked by what authorities suspected was a bull shark.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
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
Throughout the afternoon, we catch, sample and tag two more nurse sharks and a slate-gray bull shark.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
“I find the versatility of the bull shark, and their diverse use of habitats, absolutely fascinating,” Amy Smoothey, a shark scientist working at New South Wales’ Department of Primary Industries in Australia, told me.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2023
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