An animal that has inspired
horrific movies and is the terror of many humans, sharks! A large and amazing
animal that is on top of the food chain of the ocean. There are more than 400
species of sharks in the world. One of these species are tiger sharks, being
one of the largest sharks of the ocean. Tiger sharks have stripes down their
body when they are young and as they grow and get older those stripes fade
away. So today, we got to have a young female tiger shark. The longitude of her
body was 2.74m and the lines on her body were prominent.
It is said that tiger
sharks are the second most dangerous specie of sharks for humans, of course
after a great white shark. The difference between these two sharks is that a tiger
shark after biting its victim it will eat it. A good thing to know is that not
that many times humans encounter tiger sharks, we are safe!
As most sharks, tiger
sharks are very equipped to be the kings of the ocean, they have a powerful jaw
full of teeth and to be able to find their prey easily, they have a special
sensing organ that serves as an electroreceptor, ampullae of Lorenzi. The ampullae
of Lorenzi, captures the vibrations that the body of the prey emits when it
moves. Very interesting right, but that’s not all that this magnificent shark
has.
Tiger sharks are known to
be solitary sharks, they are only seen in groups when they are matting. This
shark tends to migrate to warmer waters, so tiger sharks that live in the south
mate from November to January and the ones that live in the north mate from
March to May. Tiger sharks can grow between 10 to 14 feet and start to mate
when they reach the longitude of 6 feet. Tiger sharks per pregnancy have 20 to
90 baby sharks…doo doo. These sharks tend to eat everything in the ocean, from fish,
turtles, and dolphins to humans. Since these sharks are not picky eaters,
scientists tend to find a lot of plastic and trash that unfortunately lands in
the ocean, in the future with the help of people this will not be the case and this
awesome specie will grow more. Sources:
Nova Southeastern University
https://nsunews.nova.edu/tag/shark-tagging/
Oceana
https://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks-rays/tiger-shark
Super interesting! I had no idea that they could have that many babies!.... poor mom. And it is so sad how much sharks consume plastics, metals and other harmful substances. Tigers are definitely one of my top favorite shark species. So glad we were able to catch this beautiful creature today!! #daenerys #teamnicenda
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