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The whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus.A small shark that does not usually exceed 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in length, this species is easily recognizable by its slender body and short but broad head, as well as tubular skin flaps beside the nostrils, oval eyes with vertical pupils, and white-tipped dorsal ...
Oceanic whitetip shark swimming near a diver in the Red Sea. Oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks". [21] Author and big-game fisherman Ernest Hemingway depicted them as aggressive opportunists that attacked the catch of fishermen in The Old Man and the Sea. [22]
An oceanic whitetip shark, one of the two species implicated in the attacks. Sharks are commonly seen near Sharm El Sheikh but attacks on humans are very rare, particularly by the two species implicated in the 2010 attacks. Only nine attacks by oceanic whitetips had been reported worldwide in the last 430 years and only one had been previously ...
Why do sharks attack humans? According to the Shark Research Institute, there are over 400 plus species of shark around the world, which include great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
"The shark takes off because clearly, that's not what the shark was interested in. If you look at maybe something like a six-foot bull shark, just by the sheer size, it's going to do a lot more ...
Most of the oceanic whitetip shark's attacks have not been recorded, [7] unlike the other three species mentioned above. Famed oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks". [57] Watson and the Shark by J.S. Copley, based on the attack on Brook Watson in Havana Harbor in 1749 ...
The shark was estimated to be 17–19 feet (5.2–5.8 m) feet long. William Covert, 25: September 13, 1995: Bull shark: A scuba diver, Covert was presumed to have been killed by a 10–12-foot (3.0–3.7 m) bull shark near Alligator Reef off Islamorada, Monroe County, Florida. His body was never recovered. James Willie Tellasmon, 9: November 21 ...
Adult blacktip reef sharks are often found patrolling reef ledges. Along with the grey reef shark (C. amblyrhinchos) and the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus), the blacktip reef shark is one of the three most common sharks inhabiting coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. This species predominates in shallow habitats, while the other two are ...