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Tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvier
Specimen No. 04
Galeocerdo cuvier
Open-water hunters
- Tiger sharks are named for the dark stripes down their bodies, which fade as they grow up. Wikipedia
- Female tiger sharks can grow over 5 m (16 ft 5 in) long. Wikipedia
- Tiger sharks eat fish, seals, birds, squid, turtles, sea snakes and even smaller sharks, and are known as ‘garbage eaters’ for swallowing man-made objects. Wikipedia
- The tiger shark’s eggs hatch inside the mother and the young are born live once fully developed. Wikipedia
- In its 2019 assessment, the IUCN listed the tiger shark as Near Threatened. Wikipedia