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LARGE GEM GRADE GALEOCERDO CUVIER ( TIGER SHARK ) TOOTH Orange County - Central Florida, U.S.A. EARLY PLIOCENE PERIOD: 5.3 million years ago From a land site in Orange County, Central Florida, this is a spectacular and large fossil tooth from Galeocerdo cuvier, otherwise known as the Tiger shark. With its unique ivory and white hue along with superb preservation, it is a choice and hand-select tooth from a unique provenance. Finest quality, rare color and large size. This tooth is fit for the finest fossil shark tooth collection.
Gestation for newborn
Tiger sharks are nine months like humans. Up to 82 pups are born
live and at 2.5 feet The Tiger shark is found in temperate and tropical seas most commonly along the coasts of South Africa, the Philippines, Australia, the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and in the Caribbean waters. Preferring deeper water by day and shallow, inland water at night. The Tiger shark tolerates a broad range of different habitats and has been noticed in rivers and small lagoons.
RARE LOCATION MESMERIZING BEAUTY - LARGE FINE GRADE SPECIMEN - FOR THE FINEST COLLECTION! 1.25" in length along the diagonal SOLD SH17-002 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX |
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Attaining
lengths up to 20 feet long, the Tiger shark has been known to eat
literally ANYTHING! It is a true scavenger and tends to even
swallow many items that are indigestible. Some of the items that
have been found in the stomach of a Tiger shark are a large musical drum, beer
bottles, a sack of potatoes, dogs, overcoats, a drivers license, a cow
hoof, deer antlers and even a chicken coop still with feathers and bones
inside. The
Tiger shark is second only to the great white in terms of ferocity.
It is considered to be one of the most dangerous sharks due to its occurrence
in shallow water, large size, and indiscriminate eating habits.
Many fatal attacks on humans have been attributed to the Tiger shark. 
long, are immediately independent. The Tiger
shark gets its name from the distinctive
dark bands that run from the top of its back down its sides like a
tiger's stripes. This unique pattern is strongly evident in
younger sharks but fades as the creature ages.