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

Eric E. G. Clua; Michel Bègue; Olivier Jam; Raphaël Lambillon; Carl G. Meyer

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6830

Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2023)

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

Eric E. G. Clua,
Michel Bègue,
Olivier Jam,
Raphaël Lambillon,
Carl G. Meyer

Affiliations

Eric E. G. Clua: CRIOBE USR3278 EPHE‐CNRS‐UPVD EPHE, PSL Research University Perpignan France
Michel Bègue: Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française Tahiti French Polynesia
Olivier Jam: Centre Médical de Rikitea Mangareva Gambier French Polynesia
Raphaël Lambillon: Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française Tahiti French Polynesia
Carl G. Meyer: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology University of Hawaii at Manoa Kaneohe Hawaii USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6830
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract 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.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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