there are only three sharks that
regularly attack humans the massive
great white the Swift sleek tiger and
the often ignored but dangerous bull
shark
my kite house from florida international
university studies the bull probably get
the main bull shark is there so big and
stocky I kind of think of it more as the
pit bowl of the scenes it’s a fitting
description bull sharks can be tenacious
and aggressive they’re not as large as
the great white but female Bulls can
grow to over 11 feet and weigh up to 500
pounds they also have one very special
characteristic one of the most amazing
things about these bull sharks is that
they go from marine to fresh water with
no problems Bulls have been found
thousands of miles upstream in both the
Mississippi and Amazon rivers they also
are believed to hunt in the same shallow
coastal waters where unsuspecting
beachgoers frolic in the summer
there are also opportunistic hunters
they’ll eat just about anything mike
wants to know more about bull sharks and
their feeding habits so he’s attached
critter cams to the sharks underwater
cameras equipped with satellite tags
ones ready
there’s a shot nice boy that’s exactly
what we need the critter cam reveals at
least one other bull in the region which
raises the intriguing possibility that
these sharks may be interacting
satellite data also confirmed that the
Bulls stay put never venturing far from
where the team caught them that’s more
proof that these animals may be an
important part of a coastal environment
but in regards to sharks and us it show
that Bulls do like to hunt and hang out
in the same shallow waters we flock to
you every summer ultimately though it
does us all good to remember that you
are more likely to get struck by
lightning than bit by a sharp
regularly attack humans the massive
great white the Swift sleek tiger and
the often ignored but dangerous bull
shark
my kite house from florida international
university studies the bull probably get
the main bull shark is there so big and
stocky I kind of think of it more as the
pit bowl of the scenes it’s a fitting
description bull sharks can be tenacious
and aggressive they’re not as large as
the great white but female Bulls can
grow to over 11 feet and weigh up to 500
pounds they also have one very special
characteristic one of the most amazing
things about these bull sharks is that
they go from marine to fresh water with
no problems Bulls have been found
thousands of miles upstream in both the
Mississippi and Amazon rivers they also
are believed to hunt in the same shallow
coastal waters where unsuspecting
beachgoers frolic in the summer
there are also opportunistic hunters
they’ll eat just about anything mike
wants to know more about bull sharks and
their feeding habits so he’s attached
critter cams to the sharks underwater
cameras equipped with satellite tags
ones ready
there’s a shot nice boy that’s exactly
what we need the critter cam reveals at
least one other bull in the region which
raises the intriguing possibility that
these sharks may be interacting
satellite data also confirmed that the
Bulls stay put never venturing far from
where the team caught them that’s more
proof that these animals may be an
important part of a coastal environment
but in regards to sharks and us it show
that Bulls do like to hunt and hang out
in the same shallow waters we flock to
you every summer ultimately though it
does us all good to remember that you
are more likely to get struck by
lightning than bit by a sharp
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