Scientific name: Triaenodon obesus
Size: Up to 6,6 feet
Color: Gray brown back and pale gray belly
Distinguishing feature: very slender with white tips on all fins
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Thailand, French polynesia, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Triaenodon obesus
Size: Up to 6,6 feet
Color: Gray brown back and pale gray belly
Distinguishing feature: very slender with white tips on all fins
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Thailand, French polynesia, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
This shark is also called coral shark. It should not be confused with the oceanic whitetip shark which is larger and more predatory.
This shark is a passive shark that does not need to swim to breathe, it is often found lying on the bottom.
This shark has about 3000 teeth, which is renewed every 3 days!
Turtles are in economy mode when they are sleeping. If they are woken during night, they may not have enough air to return to surface.
So, please be careful during night dives!
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
We can hear the bull shark is very dangerous because of attacks near La Réunion island.
However, tens of them are living at 600 feet from the famous beach of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. And there are no attacks.
