Tiger shark

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The tiger shark measurement from 4 to 5 meters, for an average weight of 750 kg. It belongs to the greatest species of sharks.

It has a hétérocerque, fine and pointed fin caudal. Its brown/gray body is striated with dark vertical stripes, particularly visible at the young specimens.

Habitat

Its habitat is coastal and pelagic. It is present in all the Mer S moderate and tropical, with a preference for the turbid water (Estuaire S, Lagon S, ports), of surface with - 350 meters. Very present in the the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Islands. It is solitary and resident. Its activity is mainly night.

Reproduction

The tiger shark is the only ovoviviparous one of the family of carcharinidés. Its period of gestation is close to 1 year. The fertilized eggs remain in its belly until blossoming. A female can carry up to 40 small of 50 cm each one. It reaches its maturity towards the 4 years age.

Food

The tiger shark is probably specialized the least in the sharks. He eats of all and is regarded as true a dustbin of the seas . One found all kinds of objects in the stomach of fished specimens: cans, pirns, plastic bags or plates number.

Myth and reality

The tiger shark is regarded as particularly aggressive because of its little of selectivity for its preys. It is implied in many attacks on the man as well as the Grand white shark and the Requin bulldog, even if those remain relatively rare in absolute value.

Like all the large sharks, the tiger shark is a threatened species. Each day, more than one hundred of killed tiger sharks its.

External bonds

Kind Galeocerdo

Species Galeocerdo vat

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