Safety note: A large, powerful predator considered potentially dangerous. Keep your distance and never provoke or feed one.
Named for the dark vertical bars along its flanks, the tiger shark has an almost indiscriminate appetite and is famous for eating nearly anything, from sea turtles to seabirds to debris.
Habitat
Warm coastal and open waters, often near reefs, estuaries, and harbors.
Diet
Sea turtles, fish, rays, seabirds, marine mammals, and carrion.
How common
Rare
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