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It is often colloquially called the man-eater shark. [7] The tiger shark is a member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the most species-rich order of sharks, with more than 270 species also including the small catsharks and hammerhead sharks. [4]
Galeocerdo is a genus of ground shark.Only a single species, G. cuvier, the tiger shark, is extant. [1] The earliest fossils date back to the early Eocene epoch, (), around 56–47.8 Million years ago. [2]
Tiger barb; Tiger shark; Tiger sorubim; Various fish known as tigerfish: Genus Hydrocynus; Several species in genus Datnioides, including: Finescale tigerfish;
The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...
Scientists fixed tags equipped with cameras onto tiger sharks so that they could view the ocean floor from a new perspective. What they saw was astounding. How tiger sharks wearing cameras ...
The entire body of a shark is a very efficient eating machine. Each organ has been fine-tuned for hunting and acquiring food. Sharks are built to feed: Here's why they are the ultimate eating machines
The value of shark fins for shark fin soup has led to an increase in shark catches where usually only the fins are taken, while the rest of the shark is discarded, typically into the sea; health concerns about BMAA in the fins now exists regarding consumption of the soup A 4.3-metre (14 ft), 540-kilogram (1,200 lb) tiger shark caught in Kāne ...
In some cases — bull sharks, mako sharks and baby sand tiger sharks, for example — sharks will even eat their own species. But cases of large sharks eating other large sharks, the subject of ...