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Bull shark
Carcharhinus leucas
Specimen No. 06
Carcharhinus leucas
Open-water hunters
- Bull sharks can live in salt and fresh water, and have been found up the Mississippi as far as Alton, Illinois, about 1,100 km from the sea. Wikipedia
- One bull shark was found 4,000 km up the Amazon, at Iquitos in Peru. Wikipedia
- Weight for weight, the bull shark has the strongest bite of any cartilaginous fish studied: up to 5,914 newtons. Wikipedia
- In its 2021 assessment, the IUCN listed the bull shark as Vulnerable. Wikipedia