The Sand Tiger Shark is one of the most commonly used sharks in aquarims because of their large size and tendency to do well in captivity. Their natural enviroment are shoreline habitats, and they are often seen trolling the ocean floor in the surf zone, very close to shore. They are found in warm or temperate waters throughout the world's oceans, except the eastern Pacific. They can grow from 6 - 12ft long with a weight of 210 - 260lbs. They feed on a varitey of fish because of the different oceans they live in. Sand Tigers are the only know shark that are gulpers (they come to the surrface to take gulps of air to help with thier boyancey) but they keep the air in thier stomach which allows them to float motionless in the water when sureching for food. They have one of the lowest reproduction rates in all sharks. In the womb sand tiger sharks will acutally turn canibalistic if one of the sand tiger pups is developed faster then the others. Sand Tiger sharks are a docile, non-aggressive species, known to attack humans only when bothered first.
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AuthorsKim Cooke & Lauren Rittenhouse Archives
May 2013
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