Necrophagy of a nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) by tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)

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Rada, Danilo P; Burgess, George H; Rosa, Ricardo S; Gadig, Otto F;

(2015)

Publisher: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Related identifiers: doi: 10.11144/Javeriana.SC20-3.noan

The aim of this study is to report a scavenging event, involving the consumption of a nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, by tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, at Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil. Recreational divers found and photographed a bitten nurse shark car... View more

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