The tiger shark gets its name from the black spots and stripes that run the length of its body, similar to that of a tiger. This is one of the largest known shark species. Tiger sharks eat bony fish, rays, squid, crustaceans, seals, and dolphins. It has a large, powerful head, large eyes, and a very blunt snout. So, take a look at these amazing facts about this incredible predator.
- As soon the tiger sharks develop teeth in the womb they start attacking and eating each other.
- Tiger sharks are typical carnivores marine animals that rely for food on, shellfish,, squid, bony fish, small sharks, skates, lobsters, rays, porpoises, turtles, crabs, marine birds and mammals.
- A fully grown tiger shark attains the length of 10 ft 8 inches to 13 ft 11 inches(3.25–4.25 m). they weigh around 385-635 kg (849–1,400 pounds).
- Tiger sharks are named by tiger because of black stripes that covers their entire body when they are young. When they grew up their stripes got fade away.
- They have a great sense of smell and they use it to hunt other marine animals.
- Tigersharks are considered to be the “wastebaskets of the ocean”. The name is given to them just because of their tendency to eat whatever they see in the ocean.
- Tiger sharks are migrating marine animals. They migrate to warm waters when the ocean tempratures drop down.
- After white sharks these tiger sharks are considered to be the most dangerous to humans.
- The mating time of tiger sharks who live in northern hemisphere is from march to may. While those who live in the southern hemisphere mate from november to january.
- The life expectancy of the tiger sharks is about 50 years.
- The tiger shark is a requiem shark species and the only living member of the genus Galeocerdo.It is a large macropredator with a length of more than 5 m. (16 ft 5 in). Populations can be found in a variety of tropical and temperate waters, particularly around the central Pacific islands.
- The gestation period of tiger sharks last upto 15-16 months. When they are born they are of size of 80-90 cm.
- They reach the age of sexual maturity at the age of 7 to 10 years.
- Its rare to see that tiger sharks share their hunt or food. But they have seen to share their food with crocodiles as well as white sharks.
- Tiger sharks are being hunted by an enormous rate. Due to their low repopulation rates they could fall in the category of endangered species in the near future.
