Sentences with phrase «tiger sharks on»

See Caribbean reef sharks, nurse sharks, even tiger sharks on the sandy banks!

In addition to encountering over 50 percent of all the other tagged sand tiger sharks on the East Coast, the sand tigers came in contact with Atlantic sturgeons, white sharks, sand bar and spiny dogfish sharks, and even southern species like the lemon shark and bull shark.

Not exact matches

An international team that includes University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers found behavioral evidence that tiger sharks prefer to opportunistically scavenge on dead or weakened green turtles rather than actively hunting healthy individuals despite more opportunities to do so.

During some years, up to as many as 12,000 green sea turtles aggregate around Raine Island to lay eggs on the beach, which offers scientists a natural laboratory to compare the movements and behaviours of the turtles and tiger sharks during a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than average.

To quantify spatio - temporal patterns of reef use for three species of shark, the authors of this study analyzed data from acoustic transmitters placed on 18 sharks — 6 lemon sharks, 10 tiger sharks, and 2 Caribbean reef sharks — that were tracked with acoustic receivers covering an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers near the island of St. Thomas.

For example, the scientists think the sharks traveled in their mixed - species groups for most of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lions).

«Life of Pi» Synopsis: After a harrowing shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26 - foot lifeboat in shark - infested waters with a 450 - pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

Dragons, sharks, Manchurian tigers, crocodiles, and other big flesh eaters are the focus of this multifaceted examination of, as well as a moving meditation on, the earth's changing communities.

Large sharks such as the tiger shark and great hammerhead shark prey on the spotted eagle ray.

Channels such as Naiqoro Passage hold sharks and swirling schools of tuna, giant trevally, mahi - mahi and snapper, while sites on the open - water side of the reef provide additional chances for sightings of passing pelagics, including humpback whales, tiger sharks, whale sharks, billfish and tuna.

Multiple bull sharks, tiger sharks, lemon sharks, silver tips, nurse sharks, grey reef sharks, white tip reef sharks and black tip reef sharks can all be seen on this amazing dive.

While a 14 - foot tiger shark may have taken her left arm during a tragic attack in 2003, Hamilton triumphed, going on to become a writer, philanthropist, activist and, most recently, the third - place winner of CBS» 25th season of «The Amazing Race» with her husband, Adam Dirks.

Join us this year on board any of our hand selected shark diving vessels to meet huge great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at the volcanic island of Isla Guadalupe, or curious tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, or bountiful bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in waters off Pacific Harbour, Fiji.

Aqua - Trek now operates the Ultimate Shark Encounter on nearby Lake Reef offering the best visibility, longer bottom time, a larger shark population and more regular tiger shark sightShark Encounter on nearby Lake Reef offering the best visibility, longer bottom time, a larger shark population and more regular tiger shark sightshark population and more regular tiger shark sightshark sightings!

Silvertips, grey reef, whitetip reef, blacktip reef, sicklefin lemons, and tawny nurse sharks as well as large bull and occasional tiger sharks come to feed on the fish bait provided at a depth of 25 to 30m on the reef ledge while divers observe from a safe distance.

On a good day, you can spot 8 different type of shark on the reef, including tiger and bull sharkOn a good day, you can spot 8 different type of shark on the reef, including tiger and bull sharkon the reef, including tiger and bull sharks.

According to National Geographic, Bradley M. Wetherbee, who studies shark behavior and ecology at the University of Rhode Island, is conducting a Delaware - based study on what happens to sand tiger sharks when they are caught and released.

There are more Bengal tigers in the world than great white sharks but you don't see the great white shark on the list.