Bull Shark
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) is also known as the cub, Ganges, Nicaragua, river, shovelnose, slipway grey, square-nose, Van Rooyen's, and Zambezi shark.
Bull Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi)
The Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi) will rapidly vibrate its tail in dry vegetation to mimic or imitate ...
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Bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas (Müller and Henle, 1839), aka zambezi, ganges (often confused with the Ganges river shark, Glyphis gangeticus), ground sharks, river sharks, freshwater whalers, estuary whalers, shovelnoses, slipway greys, ...
Bull Bat
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Goatsucker - common name for nocturnal or crepuscular birds of the order Caprimulgiformes, which includes the frogmouth, the oilbird, potoos, and nightjars.
Bull Shark Range
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Type: Fish Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 16 years Size: 7 to 11.5 ft (2.1 to 3.4 m) Weight: 200 to 500 lbs (90 to 230 kg) Group name: School or shoal Did you know?
Bull Trout Behaviour
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Bull sharks are common in warm, shallow waters along coasts throughout the world. They are known for their particularly unpredictable behavior, as they often travel up rivers and can pose a large threat to those who venture in to the water there.
Bull shark
The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the bull whaler, Zambezi River shark or colloquially Zambi, is common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts.
Bull Shark
The Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes) can be recognised by a combination of characters including a stout body, short blunt snout, triangular serrated teeth in the upper jaw and no fin markings as an adult.
Bull shark, Ganges, Nicaragua, river, shovelnose, slipway, grey, square-nose, Van Rooyens, Zambezi shark
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Referred to as the "John Bull" canary, the Norwich Canary has a rather robust or bullish appearance. It is a thickset bird with a full head and heavy brows.
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas):
The bull shark gets its name from its snout, which is wider than it is long. It is possibly more dangerous to humans than the great white shark because it lives in shallow, murky water in areas where people swim.
Bull, John L.; Farrand, John Jr.; Rayfield, Susan & National Audubon Society (1977): The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds, Eastern Region. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-394-41405-5 ...
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), named for its stocky body and ferocious reputation, is most famous for its remarkable ability to... More 14 Images 4 Videos ...
Bull, P. 1970. The Teddy Bear book. Random House, New York, 207pp.
Bunnell, F.L. and D.E.N. Tait. 1980. Bears in models and in reality- implications to management. Papers of the International Conference on Bear Research and Management 4:15-23.
Bull elk grow antlers beginning in May and continuing through August of each year. Antlers are shed in late March and April. Antler growth begins when bulls reach approximately one year of age. A bull's first antlers typically are unbranched spikes.
Bull males bellow loudly to attract mates each September and October. The bulls are normally solitary (live alone), but come together during the mating season to battle with other males using their huge antlers.
Bull Elk, taken on the Bow Valley parkway near Johnstone Canyon, Banff, Alberta, Canada
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Bull elephants battle for steed rights to the herd. Female elephants can start breeding at age 12. Once a female becomes pregnant, the baby will be born between 630 to 660 days later. This is the longest gestation period of any land animal.
Bull giraffes forage higher in trees than cow giraffes which reduces food competition between the sexes.
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Bull-Terrier
the Bullterrier recognizes at its very long head, the small triangular eyes and the thin Stehohren one. Size and weight: There are not any sizes or we...
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Bull kelp is a common seaweed, and several uses for this abundant kelp have been discovered by humans. Along with other brown algae, bull kelp has been collected, treated, and sold as a fertilizer for terrestrial agriculture.
"Bull" reds are best caught with natural bait. Fresh cut mullet, larger live mullet (6-8 inches long) and blue crab are the best baits. Both single and double-drop bottom rigs are good.
The bull moose sheds and regrows its antlers every year.
A moose's hair is hollow.
The moose can rotate its ears 180° which allows it to locate predators from great distances.
The largest subspecies of the moose is found in Alaska.
The bull is heavier than the cow. Habitat is grass plains with open marshes and enough water. Important requirements include areas with short grass, water for drinking and bathing, thickets for shelter and fairly flat terrain.
The Bull Frog is the only species that might eat creatures favored by people, such as fish, young ducks, or other frogs. But their impact is very minor. The Bull Frog is valued as a game animal itself as the source of "frog legs" used for human food.
The bull-terrier, as its name implies, is a cross between the bulldog and the smooth terrier. It is a clever, agile and powerful dog, extremely pugnacious in disposition.
Plump, bull-necked. Males red, black, grey and white plumage is distinctive. Female has similar pattern, but duller breast colour. White rump is often all that is seen as birds fly off.
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Males (Bull) 700 to 1000 lbs.
Females (Cow) 500-600 lbs.
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A good bull has horns which start from wide bases which almost meet in the middle (the gap should be about an inch).
African bull elephants reach a height at a the shoulder of the 11 ft., where there asiatic cousin bull elephant reaches a height to of about 9 ft. the African elephant also has larger ears and tusks.
A large bull may stand 2 m (6 ft.) high at the shoulder and weigh about 1 t (1.1 tn.). It is the heaviest land mammal native to North America.
African bull frogs are carnivores they are aggressive and have very sharp teeth. The wild African bull frog will eat anything that fits into its mouth including insects, small rodents and birds, reptiles and other amphibians.
A mature bull in season carries a large rack of antlers which may extend two metres or more between the widest tips, but are more often 120 - 150 cm in span.
A mature bull hippo may lay claim to a comparatively small realm of water, for instance, a few hundred yards of a river. He presides over a Hippo 'pod' that may include a dozen to several dozen cows, calves and submissive bachelor bulls.
But John Bull, in his Birds of the New York Area, published in 1964, indicates that the Skylarks were introduced to Flatbush thirteen years later then the records of the AAS indicate that they were introduced to Brooklyn: ...
Jennifer Bull (author), University of Michigan.
References
Klinowska, Margaret. 1991. Dolphins, Propoises, and Whales of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, United Kingdom.
Citation: Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl., 38:7.
Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, mountains of C Toradja Dist.
The male or bull moose has huge broad and flat antlers that can stretch 4 to 5 feet across. Antlers start to grow in the early summer. When antlers first start to grow, they are covered with a soft fuzzy skin called velvet.
A male is a bull, a female is a cow, a young one is a calf.
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Dolly Varden/Bull Trout
Dolly Varden is a fine looking fish that resembles a bull trout and can be found in the western Mackenzie Delta, along the northern slope of the Richardson Mountains and on the Peel River watershed. They can reach up to 1.
Bull: an adult male
Calf: a young cow, either male or female
Cow: a female that has had at least one baby
Heifer: a young female that has not had a baby
Polled: cattle born without horns
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Recent observations of the Aleutian Tern (Sterna aleutica) in the coastal waters around Hong Kong in spring and fall, and Singapore and the Indonesian islands of Karimun and Bintan between October an..[more]..
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"This wonderful old bull elephant with these incredible tusks is approximately 60 years old. Imagine all he's seen in his long life in the Mara.
5 m long Bull Shark at 'The Cod Hole'
A 25 cm long Viperfish.
A 42 mm Australian Handfish
A 5 cm standard length Triplewart Seadevil.
A 52 mm Australian Handfish
A 7 cm female (upper) and a 6 cm male Deepsea Coffinfish ...
Bull. Essex Inst., 6:43-66. Allen, J. A. 1895. List of mammals collected in the Black Hills region of South Dakota and in western Kansas by Mr. Walter W. Granger with field notes by the collector. Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist., 7:258-274. Allen, P.
Bull, Evelyn L. 1978. Specialized habitat requirements of birds: snag management, old growth, and riparian habitat. In: DeGraaf, Richard M., technical coordinator.
State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut Bull. 112. xii + 318p.
Mauger, David, and Cherie Robeson. 1993. Unpublished data summary for Thorn Creek Woods. Forest Preserve District of Will County. 4p.
Mierzwa, Kenneth S. 1985.
When cornered, they may raise their head, strike, and vibrate their tails, (which turns out like a rapid tail wagging when compared to Rat, Bull, or Fox Snakes).
Ongoing studies at Amboseli Research Center in Kenya indicate a complex bull dominance structure which determines mating success as well as every day life.
Bull-headed Shrike, Lanius bucephalus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Brown Shrike, Lanius cristatus
Burmese Shrike, Lanius collurioides
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One incident that illustrates something of the difficulty of keeping adult bull elephants was the sad death of an amiable African Bull, Jumbolino, at Chester in 1976.
Most bull herds consist of 2-3 individuals, with a maximum of 8. A hierarchy of dominance exists among the bulls.
Gopher snakes are related to pine and bull snakes. Found throughout North America and Mexico, there are eight known subspecies, of which two may actually be separate species. In the wild, their diet consists of small mammals, birds and eggs.
Bull. 107.
1923. Life histories of North American wild fowl. Part 1. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 126.
1925. Life histories of North American wild fowl. Part 2. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 126.
1927. Life histories of North American shore birds. Part 1 . U.S Nat.
USDA Bull. 1355.
Dudek and Associates. 2000. Least Bell's vireo: western Riverside County MSHCP species accounts. Dudek and Associates, Encinitas, California. Franzreb, K.E. 1989. Ecology and conservation of the endangered least Bell's vireo. U.S.
Male's also gains weight with age, through bone deposition the process that creates the extra knobs on an old bull's head enabling a bull to deliver ever heavier blows during contests.
A bull can weigh more than 2000 pounds and stand more than 6 feet tall. During the early 1800s this animal ranged across most of North America and was critical to the livelihood of Native Americans.
A giraffe cow in season attracts males from all around, but is soon won by a dominant bull. He drives off the subordinate bulls by threatening them; fighting is rarely necessary at this stage.
 See also: Snake, Diver, Lizard, Perch, Fly
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