Scientific name: Galeocerdo cuvier
Size: Between 13 and 20 feet
Color: Brown gray
Distinguishing feature: Head wide and flat, muzzle short and wide mouth. Slender body, covered with marks in the form of vertical lines.
Where did we see it: French polynesia
Scientific name: Galeocerdo cuvier
Size: Between 13 and 20 feet
Color: Brown gray
Distinguishing feature: Head wide and flat, muzzle short and wide mouth. Slender body, covered with marks in the form of vertical lines.
Where did we see it: French polynesia
As for the white shark, the tiger shark attacks cetaceans. It will target sick or very young whales or dolphins.
Its diet is however very changeable, according to the place where it is: turtles, dugongs, fish, crustaceans, albatross, etc.
It is one of the sharks "dangerous" for the man, one advise to avoid going to snorkel if it is present at the sunrise or sunset.
Mammals have a horizontal tail.
Fishes have a vertical fin.
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
