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	Bull Shark Facts
		Bull sharks can grow to over 3,0m in length and are very powerful sharks with large serrated teeth and a very muscular shark jaw.
		The bull shark is notorious in South Africa as being responsible for many shark attacks particularly along the warm Natal coast.
		Bull sharks are rapidly becoming a much sought after species to dive with and urgent shark conservation is needed to help bull shark populations recover.
	www.apexpredators.com /bullsharks.asp (335 words)

	Bull shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In India, the bull shark is often called the Sunderbans or Ganges shark and is considered a delicacy for Bengali fish curries.
		The bull shark is common in the coastal areas of warm oceans, in rivers and lakes, and in both salt and fresh water.
		Bull sharks are mostly sluggish, solitary animals who cruise through shallow waters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bull_shark (629 words)

	Shark Diving International: Bull Shark Diving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Dentition: Upper jaw teeth of the bull shark are broad, triangular, and heavily serrated.
		Bull sharks often appear sluggish as they slowly cruise along the bottom, but are quite quick and effective at capturing smaller, agile prey, and are capable of burst speeds of over 11 mph (19 km/h).
		The bull shark has been considered to be a potential culprit in the infamous series of five attacks in New Jersey in 1916 which resulted in four tragic fatalities over a 12 day period.
	www.seesharks.com /data-bullshark.html (1707 words)

	6000tiger's Bull Sharks
		The bull shark is also known as the cub shark, Ganges shark, Nicaragua shark, river shark, shovelnose shark, slipway grey shark, freshwater whaler, estuary whaler, Swan River whaler, square-nose shark, Van Rooyen's shark and Zambezi shark.
		Bull sharks also have a second dorsal fin that is one third the height of the first.
		The population of the bull shark is drastically declining because of overfishing of the shark for commercial use.
	www.geocities.com /leojags/bullshark.html (464 words)

	BullShark.info - Information on the bull shark
		The Bull shark is common in costal areas of warm oceans, in rivers and lakes, both in salt and fresh water.
		Bull sharks are mostly sluggish, solitary animals who cruise through shallow waters, taking a wide variety of prey: fish, other sharks, rays, turtles, birds, mollusks, and crustaceans.
		Bull sharks have the ability to navigate shallow and dirty waters and can attack almost anything that is moving or living.
	www.bullshark.info (602 words)

	Fact Sheet: Bull Sharks
		Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are found in tropical and subtropical waters almost everywhere in the world, whereby they prefer to live close to, or even in rivers.
		Bull sharks feed on a wide variety of water animals, including bony fishes, mollusks, crabs and at times even other sharks and rays, for they belong to the few species of sharks with cannabalistic traits.
		Bull shark youngsters grow slowly and are thus exposed to predators for fairly long periods of time, whereby larger sharks represent the main danger.
	www.sharkinfo.ch /SI3_99e/cleucas.html (635 words)

	Sandbar shark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is one of the biggest coastal sharks in the world, and is closely related to the dusky shark, the bignose shark, and the bull shark.
		The sandbar shark, true to its nickname, is commonly found over muddy or sandy bottoms in shallow coastal waters such as bays, estuaries, harbors, or the mouths of rivers, but it also swims in deeper waters (200 m or more) as well as intertidal zones.
		Sandbar sharks are found in tropical to temperate waters worldwide; in the western Atlantic they range from Massachusetts to Brazil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandbar_shark (372 words)

	Bull Sharks
		Bull sharks can be recognised by a combination of characters including a stout body, short blunt snout, triangular serrated teeth in the upper jaw and no fin markings as an adult.
		Shark expert Scott Davis, who tracks the movements of great whites, said he doesn't know what the salinity level of the creek was in 1916, but the presence of a great white in such an area would be unusual.
		The shark's teeth went to the bone and Ritter was rushed to a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he underwent an arterial graft and possibly a skin graft on the calf wound, she said.
	hometown.aol.com /sharkmanfla/page6.html (2366 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The bull shark can be recognized by its unique body shape, which is much wider in comparison to its length than other sharks, and its snout, which is wider than it is long.
		Bull sharks are viviparous, meaning they give birth to live young that are nourished inside the mother shark.
		Bull sharks breed in the summer months and the young sharks are born approximately one year later.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/waterbeast/bullshark.html (609 words)

	Mark's Digital Diary: More Shark Bull
		The bull shark is one of the "big three" man-eaters, the others being the larger and better-known great white and tiger sharks.
		Though the two larger sharks are credited with more documented attacks, the bull shark is probably also responsible for many attacks by "unidentified species" because it is of medium size and unremarkable body shape and coloration, thus hard to identify.
		Bull sharks are regularly seen at some of these sites, and this species has not been a problem for divers, as far as I have been aware, here or elsewhere.
	markci.com /2005/06/more-shark-bull.html (633 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Bull sharks have relatively small eyes as compared to other carcharhinid sharks, which suggests that vision may not be as important a hunting tool for this species which often occurs in turbid waters.
		Bull sharks often appear sluggish as they slowly cruise along the bottom, but are quite quick and effective at capturing smaller, agile prey, and are capable of burst speeds of over 11 mph (19 km/h).
		The bull shark has been considered to be a potential culprit in the infamous series of five attacks in New Jersey in 1916 which resulted in four tragic fatalities over a 12 day period.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Gallery/descript/bullshark/bullshark.htm (1811 words)

	State: 'Most dangerous shark' one to fear
		He knew the bull shark to be a pugnacious, dangerous animal with a worldwide reputation for savage, determined attacks on large fish and mammals, including humans.
		Bull sharks are common in the warm, protected waters of Tampa Bay, for example, from May through September.
		A bull shark, he said, "is the meanest, nastiest son of a b---- in the water.
	www.sptimes.com /News/091001/State/_Most_dangerous_shark.shtml (1418 words)

	Shark Foundation Projects: Shark nurseries
		In areas where bull sharks can be seen regularly, observations over past years have shown that grown individuals leave these areas in the spring for two to four months and return in the summer.
		The purpose of this program is to find the bull shark nurseries and their migration routes, and in a second step to establish concepts for the protection of these areas.
		In a first phase three bull sharks were equipped with satellite transmitters programmed to release themselves from the sharks at the end of 2004 and then float to the water surface.
	www.shark.ch /Projects/Nurseries/index.html (1152 words)

	Aquarium of the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Bull sharks live in a variety of habitats—salty, shallow, coastal waters in depths of 1-150 m (3-450 ft); bays and harbors; low salinity estuaries, lagoons and river mouths; and freshwater lakes and rivers.
		Bull sharks are a rarity among sharks, in that they can tolerate great variations in water salinity, ranging from marine to brackish to fresh.
		Bull sharks are well known for their ability to live in salt, brackish, and freshwater.
	www.aquariumofpacific.org /ANIMAL_DATABASE/ADBprint.asp?id=120 (936 words)

	Shark Gallery - Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
		The Bull Shark is recognised by a combination of characters including a stout body, short blunt snout, triangular serrated teeth in the upper jaw and no fin markings as an adult.
		Very young Bull sharks are frequently found in protected bays near the mouths of rivers in briny waters.
		Bull Sharks tagged inside the lake were later caught in the open ocean.
	gerber.iwarp.com /bull.htm (696 words)

	Bull Shark Threat: They Swim Where We Swim
		Bull sharks are among the most common sharks in Florida waters and are often encountered by divers.
		A bull shark swims in shallow water near the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas.
		Bull sharks are known by many different common names including the Zambezi shark and Van Rooyen's shark (Africa), the Ganges shark (India), and the Nicaragua shark (Central America).
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/07/0719_050719_bullsharks.html (721 words)

	Fact Sheet - Bull Shark
		Bull sharks are one of the top three sharks implicated in unprovoked fatal attacks throughout the world.
		Bull sharks can also be found in fresh water that connects with salt water and have been caught in the Mississippi River as far upstream as Illinois.
		In the Atlantic, bull sharks are part of the large coastal shark management group, which is overfished; commercial and recreational fishing regulations are in place for this species.
	www.nmfs.noaa.gov /sharks/FS_bullshark.htm (298 words)

	ADW: Carcharhinus leucas: Information
		The Bull Shark can be recognized by its unique body shape, which is much wider in comparison to its length than other sharks, and its snout, which is wider than it is long.
		Bull Sharks are viviparous, meaning they give birth to live young that are nourished inside the mother shark.
		Bull Sharks breed in the summer months and the young sharks are born approximately one year later.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Carcharhinus_leucas.html (697 words)

	Bull Sharks
		Bull sharks are estimated to live to the age of 24.
		The bull shark, like the tiger shark, is known to be extremely opportunistic and versatile in its feeding habits.
		The bull shark may be the most dangerous of all the sharks occupying the coasts of tropical and subtropical waters.
	www.caske2000.org /sharks/sharkbull.htm (475 words)

	Gulf Of Mexico
		Bull Sharks (Carcharinus leucas) are grey with an off-white underside.
		Bull Sharks are world class travellers, and have been sighted in Lake Nicaragua, Guatemala's Lake Yzabal, the Spanish Main and New York, but their favorite hangouts are in shallow waters along the continental shelves.
		The Thresher Shark (Alopia vulpinus), reaches a length of 13 to 20 feet, with a tailfin nearly as long as the rest of its body.
	www.oceanofk.org /sharks/gulfOfMexico.html (1150 words)

	Bull Shark
		Bull Sharks are considered high risk and are considered as one of the top four sharks responsible for attacks on humans.
		The Bull Shark is a species that has for a long time confused scientists with their unique ability to swim from Salt Water into Fresh Water and exist as far as 2000 miles up stream in some major rivers.
		Bull sharks can be territorial and aggressive and tend to swim mainly in shallow waters which therefore regularly bring them into contact with humans.
	www.sharkbookings.com /bull-shark.html (612 words)

	Shark species involved
		The shark uses the teeth of its lower jaw to impale prey, then it swings its head from side-to-side using the heavy triangular teeth of its upper jaw to carve a mouthful of tissue from its prey.
		The shark, abundant offshore and inshore, is oceanic, epipelagic and littoral.
		A shark was seen to use the underside of its hammer-shaped head to bludgeon and pin a stingray to the seabed, then the shark pivoted and bit a chunk out of the ray's pectoral fin.
	www.sharkattackfile.net /species.htm (7082 words)

	bull shark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Bull Shark males can grow up to be seven feet long weighing 200 pounds and the females can grow to be eleven and a half feet and weighing 500 pounds.
		The Bull Shark are viviparous (which means they are animals born live and they do not hatch from eggs).
		The Bull Shark is one of the most frequent attackers of people while they are swimming in very shalllow water.
	rvsd.marin.k12.ca.us /whitehill/studentwork/sharks/bull.htm (205 words)

	Outdoors: Bull shark earns deadly reputation
		This man-eater (and yes, the bull is probably the only shark that truly deserves that moniker) grows only to 8 or 9 feet long, about half the size of the fish featured in the movie Jaws, but don't let its size fool you.
		Bull sharks have been documented 2,300 miles from the sea in the upper Amazon.
		In Central America's Lake Nicaragua, the bull shark is feared by fishermen who have seen plenty a comrade fall prey to animal's iron jaws.
	www.sptimes.com /News/061800/Outdoors/Bull_shark_earns_dead.shtml (604 words)

	bull shark \| killer shark live \| five.tv
		Because their bites are similar to great whites and they are not so easily identified, attacks attributed to other species could in fact have been made by bull sharks.
		A bull shark was later caught in the river as was another unidentified shark that supposedly had human remains in its stomach.
		The bull shark is not listed as endangered, but the very fact that it is frequently found in freshwater means that human activity could have an impact on the species.
	www.five.tv /programmes/killersharklive/sharks/bull (256 words)

	Bull Shark. Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) description.
		The bull shark has a short snout that is wider than it is long (hence its name).
		The bull shark is one of the most frequent attacker of people, as it swims in very shallow waters where people swim and is an aggressive shark.
		Sharks - Sharks are amazing fish that have been around since long before the dinosaurs existed.
	www.maneatingsharks.com /Bull_Shark.htm (259 words)

	Bull Shark
		Bull Sharks like to live in shallow water.
		Sharks are found almost everywhere in the world., but they prefer warm water.
		Bull Sharks are one of the few sharks that can live in both fresh and sea water.
	www.thesea.ecsd.net /bull_shark.htm (71 words)

	CSF - Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas
		The bull shark is a fairly common species found along the gulf coast states of the United States.
		Bull sharks commonly reach 8 feet in length, but can get as big as 11 feet.
		The appearance of the bull shark is gray to brownish gray on the dorsal side and white on the ventral side.
	www.coast-shark.com /ID/sharks/Bull (195 words)

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