### animal | vertebrate | fish | shark:

Tiger shark
* Most tiger sharks eat prey
  - have health
* Some tiger sharks eat adult sea turtles
* Some tiger sharks feed on sea turtles
* Some tiger sharks have lobes
  - upper lobes
  - range in size
  * feed mainly on bony fish, rays, squid, crustaceans, seals, and dolphins. The Tiger shark is the only species in its family which is ovoviviparous, giving birth to 10-82 pups at a time
* are abundant near islands with large populations of sea birds
  - aplacental and have a compartmentalized uterus with presumed matrotrophy
  - common in tropical and sub-tropical waters throughout the world
  - ecologically important predators of sea turtles and snakes
  - killed for fins, flesh and liver
  - known to have a wide variety of prey
  - mainly solitary
  - noted for having the widest food spectrum of all sharks
  - ovoviviparous - they produce eggs that hatch within the female's body
  - predators as well as dolphins
  - solitary hunters that feed primarily at night
  - very large and so they require a considerable amount of wide open space
* can be dangerous.
* feed mainly on bony fish , rays , squid , crustaceans , seals , and dolphins.
* have a reputation for eating almost any animal
  - variety of sensors for locating prey
* move closer to shore
  - inshore during albatross fledging season
* swim both alone and in large schools.
* undergo seasonal migrations.
+ Tiger shark, Behaviour, Feeding: Sharks
  * Tiger sharks are known to have a wide variety of prey. They have been known to feed on rays, bony fish, dolphins, carrion,  sea birds, sea turtles, sea snakes, crustaceans, seals, squid, and small sharks of other species. Some Tiger sharks have been found with ship garbage,  and car license plates in their stomachs. Adult Tiger sharks have also been known to prey on young Tiger sharks.

Viviparous shark
* form a placental from the embryo to the oviduct wall.
* give birth to live young.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | shark:

Whale shark
* Most whale sharks feed on creatures
  - small creatures
* Most whale sharks have livers
  - tendencies
  - years
  - live in sea
  - move heads
* Most whale sharks occur in sea
  - temperate sea
* Most whale sharks occur in warm sea
* Some whale sharks eat plankton
  - tiny plankton
  - feed on plankton
* allow divers to get very close.
* are animals
  - exhibited in several aquariums worldwide
* are filter feeders who sieve their tiny food through their large gills
  - located in oceans
  - migratory making population estimates difficult
  - one of the most commonly eaten species in Taiwan
  - quite common, and an absolute pleasure to see
  - rare, elusive creatures that scientists still know very little about
  - solitary creatures
  - technically viviparous, giving birth to live young
* are the largest fish in the world, but they are also among the most mysterious
  - of the living fishes
  - viviparous , giving birth to live young
* defy the stereotypical image of sharks as ferocious hunters.
* feed in warm water on small schooling fishes, squids, and planktonic crus- taceans.
  - gametes released from snapper spawning aggregations in Belize
  - some of the ocean's tiniest creatures
* filter their food from the water - because they are plankton eaters.
* have a broad flat head with white spots and lines on their back
  - huge mouth, lined with tiny teeth
  - filter plates made of modified placoid scales
  - substantial economic value
* is plankton feeder.
  - shallow water in the tropics and near-tropics around the world
* live in tropical and temperate seas
* migrate to feed and possibly to breed.
  - world-wide in tropical and temperate seas and are thought to be highly migratory
* open mouths.
* sift tiny organisms from the sea.

Silver fish
* are active at night or are active in dark places found throughout the structure.
* eat proteins such as dried beef and dead or injured of their kind.