Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
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Size, compared with you
You: 1.7 m. Bull shark: 4 m.
Bigger than a car. Grows up to about 4 m.
A stocky, strong shark that can live in salt water and in fresh water. It turns up in warm coastal seas, rivers and even lakes.
The weird bit
For its size, the bull shark has the strongest bite of any shark scientists have measured.
Quick facts
- Where it lives
- Coast and shallows, Rivers and estuaries1 to 164 m down
- What it eats
- Bony fish, other sharks, stingrays, turtles, birds and crustaceans
- How worried are we?
- In trouble (Vulnerable)Assessed in 2020 by the IUCN Red List.