BULL SHARK

BY: CODY JOHNSON

ADAPTATIONS• Physical Traits• A gland in the

dorsal fin that holds salt for when it goes in a freshwater source.

• Sensitive smell to track a week predator that is bleeding.

• Behavior Adaptations

• Eats almost anything to survive.

ECOSYTEM/HABITAT• Where does it live? Ocean• They live in shallow tropical water off

the coast we swim in.• 70F-75F wet

DIET• What does the animal eat?• Fish, Dolphins, and Sea Turtles.• It is a carnivore.• It is a predator, it hunts fish and other

sea creatures.• Tertiary consumer• The animals niche is that it is a

predator in its habitat and a carnivore.

FOOD CHAIN

LEARNED BEHAVIORS

• 1.A Bull Shark head buts it food before it kills it.

• 2.They are very social and sometimes hunt in groups.

• 3.They eat almost everything to survive.

• 4.they have to swim to keep breathing.

INHERITED TRAITS

• 1.They know how to swim.• 2.They have sharp teeth.• 3.They don’t have a single bone in

their body.• 4.They can hear a fish trashing 500

meters away.

FUN FACTS• 1.Bull Sharks attack humans because

they are curious or mistake them as prey.

• 2.Bull Sharks can swim in freshwater• 3.The females are bigger than the males.• 4.The Bull Shark got its name from its

aggressive behavior.• 5.The Bull Shark can live up to 12 years.

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