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LARGE COLORFUL GALEOCERDO CUVIER ( TIGER SHARK ) TOOTH FROM UNCOMMON LOCATION

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 colorful and large fossil tooth from Galeocerdo cuvier, otherwise known as the Tiger shark.  With its unique ivory and burnt orange hue, it is a fine grade fossil tooth from a unique provenance.  Excellent quality, rare color and large size.  This tooth is well-suited for an advanced and well-rounded fossil shark tooth collection seeking unusual specimens.  

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.  

Gestation for newborn Tiger sharks are nine months like humans.  Up to 82 pups are born live and at 2.5 feet 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.  

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 AND COLOR - FINE GRADE SPECIMEN FOR ADVANCED  COLLECTIONS!

1.25" in length along the diagonal

SOLD     SH17-003     INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX

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