Ponta Shark Diaries

Pile on! Tiger sharks feeding on a whale carcass would have once been referred to as a ‘feeding frenzy,’ a chaotic eat and/or be eaten event. In observing two such events, we’ve learned that tiger sharks have... facebook.com/73146637692545…

Pearly whites. This is what a tiger shark feeding on a whale carcass looks like. Tiger shark teeth, with their saw-edges and cockscomb shape, are perfect tools for sawing through flesh. See if you can catch a... facebook.com/pontasharkdiar…

Recently a humpback whale carcass provided us the opportunity to observe a communal tiger shark scavenging event at our study site in Mozambique. We estimate at least 30 tiger sharks and 10 bull sharks were... facebook.com/73146637692545…

Hey there hefty. Gurthrude, released here by @the_fishing_scientist, is one of the largest tiger sharks tagged in Southern Africa, weighing in at over half a ton (540kg/1200lbs). Such large sharks can make... facebook.com/73146637692545…

A question mark. A satellite tag deployed on a bull shark at our study site recently popped up, 6 months later and 500 miles/800 km away. For three weeks we received location data from the tag, watching as it... facebook.com/73146637692545…

What better name for a 4m/13ft long shark and 540kg/1,193lb shark than Gurthrude? OCEARCH has supported our ongoing tiger shark research in Mozambique by supplying us with satellite tags for sharks like this.... facebook.com/pontasharkdiar…

The 4.16m female tiger shark tagged in the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve in December is on the move!... fb.me/43PYmV1Pw

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After spending 6 months within a 150km stretch of coastline between the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve and... fb.me/5BinoDDYB

This 4.1m female tiger shark has called the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve home for the last 6 months and... fb.me/195fB7jqQ

Cool video from the University of Miami explaining how tagging sharks can help to determine their core habitat... fb.me/7inViZzt8

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Have a look at the latest blog on the Save Our Seas Foundation site about tagging tiger sharks in the... fb.me/6nwXt0fCV

This 4.1m female tiger shark was tagged in the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve in early December 2015 and... fb.me/U43ClHNz

Another bull shark satellite tag from Ponta do Ouro washed up on the beach today about 18km north of Sodwana Bay.... fb.me/5mfRWy9F3

Ever wondered what a year in the life of a Ponta do Ouro #tigershark was like? A short video of this 3.3m male... fb.me/7Di6ryo5L