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Bull sharks, long thought to be solitary hunters, actually form lasting social bonds with specific partners, choosing the same companions year after year. The discovery reveals a surprisingly complex social world beneath the waves.
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Six years of research in Fiji reveals that bull sharks, known as aggressive predators, actually choose their friends and avoid certain individuals much like humans do. The discovery adds to growing evidence that sharks have complex social lives worth protecting.
Scientists watching 184 bull sharks over six years discovered something surprising: these ocean predators actively choose friends, swim together, and even avoid certain individuals. The findings challenge everything we thought we knew about shark social lives.
Scientists discovered that bull sharks, considered one of the ocean's most aggressive species, actively choose friends and form complex social bonds. Six years of underwater observation in Fiji revealed these misunderstood predators have surprisingly rich social lives.