First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
Résumé
We analyzed a tiger shark (estimated 2.8 m total length) bite on a snorkeler. The removal of the terminal part of the leg suggests a predatory motivation for the,bite. This is the first documented bite by a tiger shark in French Polynesia waters for the past 75 years.
Mots clés
- agonistic behavior
- agonistic behavior bite features bite motivation dangerous marine wildlife feeding behavior forensic science problem individual species identification
- species identification
- problem individual
- forensic science
- feeding behavior
- dangerous marine wildlife
- bite motivation
- bite features
- agonistic behavior
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