Tiger sharks are named for their distinctive striped skin, which fades as the shark matures. They can grow to large sizes, commonly reaching 10-13 feet, with some females even reaching 16 feet.
Tiger sharks are known for eating a wide variety of prey - including fish, sea birds, sea snakes, dolphins, sea turtles, rays and other sharks - and even terrestrial prey where they can reach them like cats, dogs, and rats. Tiger sharks are also known as garbage eaters - license plates, oil cans and tires have been found in their stomachs.
Atlantic tiger shark populations have been shown to migrate, spending their winters in the Caribbean, and summers in the mid-Atlantic, including the Sargasso Sea and Bermuda. The Bermuda Tiger Shark Project has allowed researchers to tag sharks and track their migration and has revealed that most sharks that visit Bermuda are adult males.
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