Tiger Shark

Physical Adaptations

• Sharp Teeth
• Has dark and black spotted dots or patterns on its skin
• Tiger Sharks have excellent eye sight.

Behavioral Adaptations

• They attack an animal that is disturbing them or attacking them.
• They have swift movements.

Common & Scientific Name

• The scientific name for the Tiger Shark is called the Galeocerdo Cuvier

Fusiform (Shape)

• They have streamlined torpedo shaped bodies.
• They are over 10.5 feet long.

Movement

• It is a nekton so it swims.
• There maximum speed is 20 mph.

Ocean Zone

• The Tiger Shark is mostly in the sunlight zone and twilight zone.

Map of Area

Abiotic Factors

• The Twilight Zone's average depth is 6,000 to 12,451 ft.
• It gets no light.
• The temp. is 34 Degrees Fahrenheit.

Biotic Factors

• Some animals are squids, hachet fish,and octupus.
• No plants live in the Twilight Zone because there is not enough sunlight for them to do phtosynteshis.

Human Impact

• People impact them in a positive way by helping people not to mess with their environment or not harming them.
• Sometimes they hurt them or their environment.

Interesting Fact

• Sometimes you can find some very peculiar thing inside their stomach like jewelry or other crazy things that have been littered in the ocean.

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