What kind of sharks live in the Virginia Beach ocean?
Actually there is one variation of Shark that lives in the bay only during Summer and Fall, It is called a Sandbar shark. Generally only the juveniles will live in the bay and they will normally stay in warm shallow waters.
How big does the sleeper shark grow too?
There are 17 different species of sleeper shark so it would depend on which species you mean.
How big is a goblin shark's tooth?
Very little is known about this unusual shark. However, the teeth can be 1- 11/2 inches long.
Are sharks attracted to other sharks blood?
They do have very well developed sensory organs that can smell blood (any blood) over a long distance. They do not show interest for sharks' blood over any other kind, though. (Note: recent studies have shown that in fact sharks are no better at detecting blood in the water then any other fish.)
How do tiger sharks avoid predators?
Some adaptations that help tiger sharks survive are a keen sense of smell and eyes that can see in the dark. They also are able to sense movement near them.
What is the scientific classification of tiger sharks?
Galeocerdo cuvier is the scientific name for a tiger shark. Their classification goes as..
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: chordata
class: chondrichthyes
subclass: Elasmobranchii
order: Carcharhiniformes
family: Carcharhinidae
genus: Galeocerdo
species: cuvier
How many tiger sharks are there in the world?
There are about 30,000 left from the evidence
There is no recorded number of Tiger Sharks at present. However, scientists believe that White Sharks are more dominant in terms of number compared to that of the Tiger Sharks.
Do tiger sharks hunt in packs?
scientist think so, most sabers fossils are found in groups, so that lead to the thought of them socilizing
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yes they did live in packs. (i wonder of they ate each other
What are the tiger sharks natural predators?
Tiger sharks are very vicious sharks so they haven't many predators. The Great White Shark is considered a predator to all sharks although humans can kill sharks as well for harassing their land or for shark fin soup.
Sharks can be killed by dolphins as well. They hard beaks make a good weapon which induces blunt end trauma on lthe sharks pressure points.
The whale shark is sort of a giant vacuum cleaner. What ever gets sucked in and can go down its throat does. Since there's plenty of small plants and animals (and those things in between definitions) in the ocean I suppose it would be safe to say the whale shark is a omnivore.
Can great white sharks break the tanks glass?
Yes if the shark is swimming at 20 miles per hour and slam as hard as it can. Great white sharks can slam into tanks and break the glass. Did you see Jaws? Jaws is the great white shark that have broken the aquarium tank. Jaws is much stronger than any other sharks and can take out boats and can sink boat houses.
According to Wikipedia, the blue tiger is mostly reported as being sited in the Fujian province of China.
Yes, they do. Sharks are most sought after for their fins, which are cut off and boiled to make shark-fin Soup, which is considered to be a delicacy in Asia. It is commonly consumed in Korea, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam and China.
"Flake" is shark meat, and commonly sold and eaten in Australia.
Tiger sharks are found off the Atlantic Coast and the Pacific Coast. On the Atlantic Coast, they are found from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. On the Pacific Coast, they are found from Southern California southward.
What is a instinct that tiger sharks have?
something an animal or a person is able to do whitout having to learn it.
Who was the shark that killed Bethany Hamilton?
Well, it was a tiger shark, BUT it didn't kill her, she just lost her left arm. She is still alive today, 20 years old, and still surfing.
Why do sharks smell like fish?
I am not that sure, but this is what I think....Some fish get the stink depending on what they eat, or because of their surroundings of the underwater world, and partly from pollution....
Hope this helps!
Do dwarf puffer fish eat goldfish?
They might eat the fry, but most fish will eat the fry. My dwarf puffer lives with a school of tetras and has never caused them any problems. Goldfish get big by comparison and are fiercely competitive for food. It is much more likely that the puffer is in danger of starvation by domination of the goldfish.
The average life expectancy of a thresher shark is about 22 years. There are three species of threshers and they are the pelagic thresher, the bigeye thresher, and the common thresher.
What beach did Bethany Hamilton get bit by a shark?
She was attacked surfing at Tunnels Beach, Kauai. No dictionary results were found. Please try another search.
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Are sharks attracted to blood?
Yes. Pretty much. That's what they eat so they do come around when blood is in the water. BY THE BIGGEST LIGHTNING THIEF FAN IN THE UNIVERSE!