BULL SHARK BY: CODY JOHNSON ADAPTATIONS • Physical Traits • Behavior Adaptations • A gland in the dorsal fin that holds salt for • Eats almost anything when it goes in a to survive. freshwater source. • Sensitive smell to track a week predator that is bleeding. 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. • Click HERE for video