Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

📸 Photo by Gerald Schömbs on Unsplash

Tiger sharks patrol warm seas worldwide, instantly recognized by their dusky stripes and barrel-shaped heads. Powerful jaws let them crunch turtles and crustaceans, keeping reefs in check. Mostly lone, night-roaming hunters, they rank among the few sharks known to occasionally bite humans.

Technical factsheet

Type:fish
Habitat:marine
Diet:carnivore
Continents:Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America
Size:3–5 m in length
Weight:300–900 kg
Activity:nocturnal
Social behavior:solitary
Lifespan:25–30 years in the wild

Habitat: The Tiger Shark can be found in Angola, Australia, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa-rica, Cuba, Cote-d-ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican-rep, Ecuador, Egypt, Eq-guinea, Eritrea, Fiji, French-guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua-new-guinea, Peru, Portugal, Puerto-rico, Qatar, Saudi-arabia, Senegal, Sierra-leone, Somalia, Sri-lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-leste, Togo, United-arab-emirates, United-kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, W-sahara, Yemen, Iceland, Libya, South-africa, Florida-us, Texas-us, California-us, New-york-us, Alaska-us, Hawaii-us

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