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Title: Tiger Shark Control, Bahamas.
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A large female tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) is turned upside down by a diver (Vincent Canabal) which acts to calm the shark down by causing tonic immobility. Little Bahama Bank, Grand Bahama Island. Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
Subject attracted with bait.
Subject attracted with bait.
- Bahamas
- Bahamas National Shark Sanctuar
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrich
- Fishes
- Grand Bahama
- Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniforme
- Little Bahama Bank
- Marine Life
- Remoras: Echeneididae: Echeneid
- Requiem Sharks: Carcharhindidae
- Sharks
- sharksucker: Echeneis naucrates
- tiger shark: Galeocerdo cuvier
- Tropical West Atlantic Ocean
- Vincent Canabal
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