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The bull shark has traveled 4,000 km (2,500 mi) up the Amazon River to Iquitos in Peru [28] and north Bolivia. [2] It also lives in freshwater Lake Nicaragua , in the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers of West Bengal , and Assam in Eastern India and adjoining Bangladesh .
The Amazon enters Brazil with only one-fifth of the flow it finally discharges into the Atlantic Ocean, yet already has a greater flow at this point than the discharge of any other river in the world. [27] [28] Bull sharks are a species of brackish water shark species that swims the Amazon River.
Bull shark One year ago, Jeremy Wade was investigating the bull shark in Australia and caught a small pup, proving that the sharks were breeding in the local rivers. Around the same time, a group of scientists in South Africa made a shocking discovery: the largest bull shark ever caught, and it was found in a river.
Video of a fisherman catching a bull shark in the Guadalupe River has gone viral. New Braunfels officials say it's unlikely, but possible.
When "Shark Week" scientists and film crews explored the Indian River Lagoon for seven days in May, it took them three days just to find one living bull shark to which they could attach a sensor ...
The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, can swim between salt and fresh water, and are found in tropical rivers around the world. The river sharks (of the genus Glyphis) can live in both saltwater and freshwater as well, while one of their members, the Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus), lives exclusively in freshwater.
River shark, freshwater whaler, estuary whaler, swan river whaler – the clue is in its other names. ... A bull shark was added to the club’s logo, its youth program was named the Junior Shark ...
While the bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) is sometimes called both the river shark and the Ganges shark, it should not be confused with the river sharks of the genus Glyphis. River sharks evolved to have their offspring in freshwater, therefore, making them safe to roam in the water while other sharks are able to survive in saltwater.