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Bull Shark
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| Scientific Name - - Carcharhinus Leucas |
| Size - Grow from 7 to 11 feet weighing 200
to 500 pounds. |
| Diet - - Fish, (including other sharks and
rays), turtles, birds, mollusks and dolphins. It will eat almost
anything. |
| Habitat - - The Bull shark is found close to
to shore and can live for a while in fresh water, frequenting estuaries,
river and lakes. Bull Sharks have been found up to 1,750 miles up
the Mississippi River in the USA and 2,500 miles up the Amazon River
in Peru. |
| Reproduction - - Bull sharks are viviparous.
Litters of up to 13 pups are common after a gestation period of
about 1 year. Pups are about 28 inches long at birth. Very young
Bull sharks are frequently found in protected bays near the mouths
of rivers in briny waters. |
 Photogragh by Stuart Westmorland/Corbis
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