ESCUELA AGRÍCOLA

PANAMERICANA “ZAMORANO”

Tiger Shark
Name: Lisbeth Morales
Code: 21229
Class: 2LIA
 NAME
Common name: tiger shark
Scientific name : galeocerdo
cuvier
 Description
• His stripes are remarkable in his body.
• It has very powerful jaws and can biting
the shell of a turtle.
 Other Animals in the same family

gray shark white shark

whale shark
 HABITAT
• They live in tropical and subtropical waters.
 reproduction
• The tiger shark is an ovoviviparous.
• mating occurs 1 time every 3 years
 Life expectancy

• The tiger shark is the horror of the sea.

• its victims are human
• Many times it passes in shallow water
 Reason to be Endangered
• IT IS NOT IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION
• People have a confusion with the bull shark.
 What is being done to help that
species
• Conversation methods:
• Avoid negative impacts on the sea such as pollution and overfishing
 What impact tourism has on it
• It affects marine biodiversity and does not help to thrive tourist beaches.
 Bibliography

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, (2017).TIGER SHARK

• GARRO, A. L., VARGAS, R. A., ZANELLA, I., & LE FOULGO, L. (2009). ANÁLISIS DE LAS CAPTURAS
DE TIBURONES Y RAYAS EN LAS PESQUERÍAS ARTESANALES DE TÁRCOLES, PACÍFICO CENTRAL
DE COSTA RICA. REVISTA CIENCIAS MARINAS Y COSTERAS, 1(1), 145-157.
• HEITHAUS, M., DILL, L., MARSHALL, G., & BUHLEIER, B. (2002). HABITAT USE AND FORAGING
BEHAVIOR OF TIGER SHARKS (GALEOCERDO CUVIER) IN A SEAGRASS ECOSYSTEM. MARINE
BIOLOGY, 140(2), 237-248.