Description

The bull shark is a large shark with a stout body. The top of the shark is gray and the bottom is white. Even though the bull shark is heavy, it can still swim fast.

The bull shark has an interesting face. The snout is wider than it is long! The teeth are triangular. Its eyes are small.

The female is larger than the male. The female bull shark weighs 500 pounds and is 5 feet long. The male bull shark weighs 200 pounds and is 7 feet long.

The bull shark can give birth to 1 to 13 pups. The pups are 28 inches (2 feet, 4 inches) long at birth. The older bull sharks protect the pups in bays.

The bull shark is known by different names. It is also known as cub, shovel nose, slip way gray, granges, nicaragua, and St. Squarenose. Its scientific name is Carcharhinus leucas.