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All Creatures Podcast

Episode 287: Beguiled by Bull Sharks

All Creatures Podcast

All Creatures Podcast

Nature, Science, Natural Sciences

4.7563 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

As one of the ocean's top predators, Bull Sharks are demonized and characterized as man-killing machines. What gives this myth even more teeth is the fact that Bull Sharks can be found in many major river systems and even some freshwater lakes around the world. We fear Bull Sharks, when the statistics show Bull Sharks hardly ever attack and even kill humans. We are now harvesting nearly 100 million sharks a year from our oceans at an unsustainable rate. Thus, Bull Sharks and many of its close relatives are heading straight towards extinction. This is a fascinating species that deserves your time and understanding. There are so many astounding facts about Bull Sharks we have no doubt you will fall in love with them as we did. Thank you to all our Patreon supporters. We now are hosting monthly Zoom meetings with them, answering questions and getting ideas on which species they want covered. You too can join for one cup of "good" coffee a month. With your pledge you can support your favorite podcast on Patreon and give back to conservation. With the funds we receive each month, we are have been sending money to conservation organizations monthly. We now send a check to every organization we cover, as we feel they all are deserving of our support. Thank you so much for your support and for supporting animal conservation.  Please considering supporting us at Patreon HERE. We also want to thank you to all our listeners. We are giving back to every conservation organization we cover and you make that possible. We are committed to donating large portions of our revenue (at minimum 25%) to every organization we cover each week. Thank you for helping us to grow, and for helping to conserve our wildlife. Please contact us at allcreaturespod@gmail.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast You can also visit our website HERE.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Over 7 million different animals inhabit our planet.

1:29.9

You know, there could be a bull shark in that lake.

1:33.0

And we're going to find out today that there is a few lakes around the world where there are bull sharks living and surviving for many years.

1:38.3

What can they teach us?

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A bull shark has several physiological processes inside their organs to help maintain an appropriate salt water balance or asthma regulation.

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And there's four ways in which a bull shark does this.

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