BULL SHARK CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS

The C. Leucas is known throughout the world by many names: bull shark, ground shark, cub shark, zambezi, shovelnose, Ganges River shark, Nicaragua,  sharkfreshwater whaler, and in Australia, river whaler. Once, the Nic. shark was thought to be its own species, landlocked in Lake Nicaragua. However, open ocean tagged bulls were reported in Lake Nic. disproving that theory. The bull shark can go from salt water to fresh. The farthest inland the bull was found was 2300 miles up the Amazon River. One was also found 1750 miles up the Mississippi, in Illinois. The bull shark is an extremely aggressive shark, very dangerous to humans. Many attacks attributed to the great white, may have actually been the work of a bull shark. Take for instance, the infamous 1916 New Jersey attacks. These are now popularly thought to have been a bull shark, not the great white. (At least the inland, river attacks). It is now known that some female bull sharks swim uprivers, to birth. Then the small sharks stay in the relative safety of the river, until large enough to venture out into open seas. The maximum size for the bull is 12 feet. It is grey in color, and has an off-white belly. PICTURES

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