Congratulations on naming a Blacktip Shark!
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Adult blacktip sharks can grow around 5-6.5 ft (1.5-2 m).
Checkout their size compared to a 6ft diver!
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Blacktip sharks sometimes leap out of the water while spinning. They may do this for feeding, or to rid themselves of parasites
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Blacktips are often found in the news for their large migrations, often in the 100’s, down Florida’s coast
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Blacktip sharks are found in every continent outside of Antarctica
Want to know more about blacktip sharks? Check out the following scientific publications:
- Martin KL, Abel DC, Crane D, Hammerschlag N, Burge EJ. (2019). Blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus presence at fishing piers in South Carolina: fidelity and environmental drivers; Journal of Fish Biology; 2019, https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12358
- Gallagher AJ, Shiffman DS, Byrnes EE, Hammerschlag-Peyer CM, Hammerschlag N. (2017). Patterns of resource use and isotopic niche overlap among three species of sharks occurring within a protected subtropical estuary. Aquatic Ecology; 1-14.
- Gallagher AJ, Skubel RA, Pethybridge HR, Hammerschlag N. (2017). Energy metabolism in mobile, wild-sampled sharks inferred by plasma lipids. Conserv Physiol; 5 (1): cox002. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox002
