First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)

Author:

Clua Eric E. G.12ORCID,Bègue Michel3,Jam Olivier4,Lambillon Raphaël3,Meyer Carl G.5

Affiliation:

1. CRIOBE USR3278 EPHE‐CNRS‐UPVD EPHE, PSL Research University Perpignan France

2. Labex Corail, CRIOBE Moorea French Polynesia

3. Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française Tahiti French Polynesia

4. Centre Médical de Rikitea Mangareva Gambier French Polynesia

5. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa Kaneohe Hawaii USA

Abstract

AbstractWe analyzed a tiger shark (estimated 2.8 m total length) bite on a snorkeler. The removal of the terminal part of the leg suggests a predatory motivation for the bite. This is the first documented bite by a tiger shark in French Polynesia waters for the past 75 years.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

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