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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)

  The tiger shark has tiger-like markings on a dark back with an off-white underbelly. Pups have spotted markings that grow together to form stripes that fade with maturity. It has a large, thick-body with a blunt snout. The first dorsal fin is much longer than the second. The caudal fin is long and pointed. There is a dermal ridge along the back between the 2 dorsal fins. Color-Adult: gray-brown on top, off-white belly, young shark: dark stripes on the back. Tiger sharks have a special gill slit (a spiracle) behind the eyes that provides oxygen flow directly to the eyes and brain. It also has a very good sense of smell, electroreceptors sensitive to electric currents in the water, and keen eyesight.
 

Size – females are 3.75m and males are 3m.

Characteristics – Tiger sharks have a short rounded snout.  Their colour is blue or green hue with darker lines across their backs with a pale under belly. Tiger sharks have sharp serrated teeth.

Diet - fish, turtles, other sharks, sea snakes, lobsters

Life Span – between 12 – 13 years

Reproduction - Tiger sharks reproduce via aplacental viviparity; the young of tiger sharks are born live in litters of between 10 and 82 pups. Gestation takes about 9 months. At birth they are 20-30 inches (51-76 cm) long and are completely independent.

Risk to humans – Tiger sharks are second to great whites as the record holders of attacks on humans. This is partly due to their occurrence in shallow, murky waters and their indiscriminate feeding habits.

Where can they be found?  These sharks inhabit warm seas worldwide and live near the surface and at moderate depths. They are often seen near the shoreline.
   
 
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Tiger Sharks has short rounded snouts
  
 
Tiger Shark has a short snout
 
 
Tiger Sharks are next to Great White Sharks, the record holders of attacs on humans
  
 
Tiger Shark, great risk to humans
 
 
The Tiger Shark inhabit warm seas worldwide
  
 
Tiger Shark
  
  When a shark loses a tooth another spins forward from the rows of backup teeth.

Two-thirds of a Sharks brain is dedicated to the sense of smell.

There are only about 100 Shark attacks on humans each year, resulting in about 10 deaths.		  
 
 
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