Tell Me About The Bull Shark?

It's a mostly sea-living coastal shark that also frequently invades fresh water, such as rivers.  There are many such sharks, but the bull shark is the most widespread and abundant in numbers.  It's been recorded extremely far inland. For instance, in the US state of Illinois (having swam up the Mississippi River).

Latin name is Carcharhinus leucas.  The bull shark has many other local names just within English, not least because of how common it is within inland waters.

Bull sharks are considered dangerous to humans.  They may be at fault for the majority of bites.  They don't really like to eat us, but they will react defensively and they are dumb enough to think we might be one of their preferred prey species.  They are also unpredictable.  Mostly they are solitary and sluggish creatures, but they can put on sudden bursts of speed.  And of course, they are coastal species, preferring the same areas where people are most likely to enter the water.  Bull sharks' ranges extend throughout the hot areas of the world (deserts and rainforests) and of course, far inland.