Bill
Australia
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Nº46
Date: 1990-02-14 - 16:00
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Max Depth: 5.5m Duration: 65mins
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- Dive type : Recreational, Reef
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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Species Identified
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark)
The sand tiger shark is one of the best-studied of the shark species. They are the only sharks known to gulp air at the surface and store it in their stomach to provide buoyancy . These sharks generally mate between Octobe...
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VERY close and SCARY encounter with a mean looking shark - Was either a Gray Nurse (sand tiger) or Bronze Whaler. Teeth were thin, twisted looking, and curved (yes that close) - Dark Gray in color and easily bigger than me (6'). We went back to the Dinghy and went to the other side of the reef to finish the dive...