bull shark

Noun

Meaning

a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous

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"If freshwater discharges into the Indian River Lagoon increase in duration and/or volume, the elasmobranch community could shift even further to bull shark and Atlantic stingray dominance. Source: Internet

Generally sharks have only one layer of tesserae, but the jaws of large specimens, such as the bull shark, tiger shark, and the great white shark, have two to three layers or more, depending on body size. Source: Internet

The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) has been reported convert up the Amazon River at Iquitos in Peru. Source: Internet

Some 12,000 species of plants have been classified thus far in Nicaragua, with an estimated 5,000 species not yet classified. citation The bull shark is a species of shark that can survive for an extended period of time in fresh water. Source: Internet

No information was given on the type of shark that may have attacked the teenager, but social media users suspected it might have been a bull shark. Source: Internet

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