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bull shark

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noun

  1. a requiem shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inhabiting shallow waters from North Carolina to Brazil.


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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

Last November, a woman was killed and a man was seriously injured after being attacked by a bull shark on a remote beach in New South Wales.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Outside the state, a 16-year-old girl killed by a bull shark in a river in the west coast city of Perth in February was the only other fatal shark attack in Australia during 2023.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 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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