Sharks typically encountered in tropical waters

[DiscoverTheBlue]

We've uploaded a short video about sharks from our DVD "Tropical Marine Life". Enjoy!

Click here to watch - Sharks typically encountered in tropical waters

 

[llqwyd]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

 

[samaka]

Brilliant mate!

You should really come and visit me in the Red Sea and get some nice shots of Longimanus and other big guys... If you check my website WELCOME TO AZIAB you can click on "Marine Life" and scroll down to the shark section. There you can see what sharks we see regularly in the Red Sea. You can also see that it's a Zebra Shark...

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[DiscoverTheBlue]

You can also see that it's a Zebra Shark...

Nice shark section on your website!

Yep - that's the thing about common names: In some places it's called Zebra Shark, in others (like Thailand) it's called Leopard Shark. That's why we included the option of switching on/off subtitles of scientific names for all the films on the DVD. This makes it possible for people - whereever they might be - to Google the animal they are interested in and to find more info.

Another example is Carangidae - depending on where you are in the world - might be called "Jacks", "Trevallies" or "Spiny Mackrels". What do you call them in the Red Sea? Check out this film about them - my personal favorite of the series! Trevallies

 

[DiscoverTheBlue]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Glad you like it!

 

[seaducer]

Another example is Carangidae - depending on where you are in the world - might be called "Jacks", "Trevallies" or "Spiny Mackrels". What do you call them in the Red Sea? Check out this film about them - my personal favorite of the series! Trevallies

Or travale jacks! Common names stink, but latin is far to much for most people to ever grasp. Even a serious enthusiast like myself has a hard time with many of the scientific names for critters...

 

[Redhawk]

Some big ones, some not so big ones! From what I've heard you're pretty lucky to see a shark on a dive. I took my kids (11 & 13) to dive with Ragged Tooth sharks (Sand tigers) in a 2 million litre, 5.5m deep aquarium tank; also a bunch of rays, turtles & other predators in there. Now if we see one on a reef nobody is going to panic & shoot for the surface.

 

[DiscoverTheBlue]

Some big ones, some not so big ones! From what I've heard you're pretty lucky to see a shark on a dive. I took my kids (11 & 13) to dive with Ragged Tooth sharks (Sand tigers) in a 2 million litre, 5.5m deep aquarium tank; also a bunch of rays, turtles & other predators in there. Now if we see one on a reef nobody is going to panic & shoot for the surface.

It all depends on where you dive. There are many spots where the chance of seeing sharks is very high. Obviously a big aquarium tank is a good place to go if you want a 100% guarantee! I think it's great that you go with your young kids - and those Sand Tigers are scary-looking beasts. Hats off to you! Bet they had a blast!?

 

[DiscoverTheBlue]

Or travale jacks! Common names stink, but latin is far to much for most people to ever grasp. Even a serious enthusiast like myself has a hard time with many of the scientific names for critters...

Totally agree. Running around using Latin names is pointless and difficult. But it certainly is great - for example - if you are using a Japanese fish book, which has Latin names and then can Google all you need to know.

 

[Redhawk]

It all depends on where you dive. There are many spots where the chance of seeing sharks is very high. Obviously a big aquarium tank is a good place to go if you want a 100% guarantee! I think it's great that you go with your young kids - and those Sand Tigers are scary-looking beasts. Hats off to you! Bet they had a blast!?

Thanks, the kids had some serious fun & mom got in a couple of nice pics too. What amazed me was when we got into the tank there were very few spectators, about 10 minutes into the dive there were about 200 spectators, now I know what a goldfish feels like. I know there are a few sites in South Africa where you're almost guaranteed to see sharks but still their numbers are declining rapidly!