First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)

We analyzed a tiger shark (estimated 2.8 m total length) bite on a snorkeler. The removal of the terminal part of the leg suggests a predatory motivation for the bite. This is the first documented bite by a tiger shark in French Polynesia waters for the past 75 years.

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Autores principales: Clua, Eric E. G., Bègue, Michel, Jam, Olivier, Lambillon, Raphaël, Meyer, Carl G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6830
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author Clua, Eric E. G.
Bègue, Michel
Jam, Olivier
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Meyer, Carl G.
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description We analyzed a tiger shark (estimated 2.8 m total length) bite on a snorkeler. The removal of the terminal part of the leg suggests a predatory motivation for the bite. This is the first documented bite by a tiger shark in French Polynesia waters for the past 75 years.
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spelling pubmed-98430762023-01-23 First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific) Clua, Eric E. G. Bègue, Michel Jam, Olivier Lambillon, Raphaël Meyer, Carl G. Clin Case Rep Case Report We analyzed a tiger shark (estimated 2.8 m total length) bite on a snorkeler. The removal of the terminal part of the leg suggests a predatory motivation for the bite. This is the first documented bite by a tiger shark in French Polynesia waters for the past 75 years. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9843076/ /pubmed/36694655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6830 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Clua, Eric E. G.
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Jam, Olivier
Lambillon, Raphaël
Meyer, Carl G.
First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
title First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
title_full First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
title_fullStr First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
title_full_unstemmed First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
title_short First tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in French Polynesia (Eastern Central Pacific)
title_sort first tiger shark galeocerdo cuvier bite in 75 years in french polynesia (eastern central pacific)
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6830
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