Off the coast of North Carolina scuba divers regularly dive with dozens of sand tigers which congregate around the wreck of the Papoose. The Papoose was torpedoed by the U-124 during WWII and provides a wonderful habitat for these magnificent creatures. In American waters, Carcharius taurus is considered to be unaggressive and fairly easy to catch. The sand tiger can be found in the waters of Australia, South Africa, South America, Japan, India, and China. First appearing on Earth almost 450 million years ago, cartilaginous fish include both predators like the sand tiger and harmless mollusc-eaters like the Atlantic stingray.
Cartilage has a different structure from that of true bone.
Most sharks eat fish, squid, marine mammals, and scavenge any other available food source. 31 Carcharhinus spp.