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bull shark

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noun

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


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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

The bull shark has been linked to several recent attacks in Australia.

From BBC Feb. 4, 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

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

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