carcharhinus+leucas

The bull shark, //Carcharhinus leucas// are aggressive, common, and usually live near high-population areas like tropical shorelines. The Bull Shark also has two dorsal fins, the second of which is much smaller than the first. They are not bothered by brackish and freshwater, and even venture far inland via rivers and tributaries.Bull sharks are solitary hunters. They often cruise through shallow waters. They can suddenly burst into speed and can be highly aggressive
 * Description**


 * Class**: Chondrichthyes **Order**: Carcharhiniformes **Family:** Carcharhinidae

Since bull sharks are carnivours, their diet includes fish, other sharks, rays, dolphins turtles, etc.
 * Diet**

Type: Fish Diet: Carnivore Average lifespan in the wild: 15 years Size: 7 to 11.5 ft Weight: 200 to 500 lb
 * Facts**

Although the bull shark is rarely the target species of commercial fisheries, it is often caught as by-catch throughout its range, and its abundance in inshore habitats make it a target of fishers. When captured, the meat is consumed by humans or used in fishmeal, the hide isused for leather, the fins are used in shark-fin soup and the liver is utilised for its vitamin-rich oil, in certain area, such as the Gulf of Mexicoand South Africa, the bull shark is also a popular game fish. The bull shark's inshore and freshwater habitat not only makes it an easiertarget of fisheries, but these are habitats that are particularly vulnerable to habitat modification and pollution caused by human activities.
 * Threats**

The bull shark is most frequently found in coastal waters between 30 and 50 metres deep, but makes occasional deep dives to well over 100 metres; the maximum depth recorded is 204.4 meters for a bull shark from Fiji. It also commonly enters estuaries, bays and harbours, and penetrates far into freshwater, inhabiting rivers and lakes. The bull shark is most frequently found in coastal waters between 30 and 50 meters deep, but makes occasional deep dives to well over 100 meters; the maximum depth recorded is 204.4 metres for a bull shark from Fiji. It also commonly enters estuaries, bays and harbours, and penetrates far into freshwater, inhabiting rivers and lakes
 * Habitat**

Bull Sharks are viviparous, meaning they give birth to live young that are nourished inside the mother shark. Sexual maturity is reached between the ages of 8 - 10. Bull Sharks breed in the summer months and the young sharks are born approximately one year later. The pups are born in litters of up to 13 and are around 28 inches at birth. A common breeding place for the Bull Shark is the brackish water where freshwater rivers meet the saltwater oceans.
 * Reproduction**

Scavenger Hunt 1.Where do bull sharks usually live? 2. About how many bull sharks are born in a litter? 3. What is the bull sharks class, order and family?