Big West Oz noah

[Ben Derecki]

How's this baby.

One of the local forums over in the West have just put them up. They're taken up in Exmouth, about 1,300kms north of Perth.

There's a dead humpback in the area which has washed up on one of the beaches which is the reason for it being so shallow. Apparently it's hanging out with 10-12 tigers between six and twelve feet long!

:ohmy:

[bmxdirtjumpa]

man that guy is a maniac, stuff being anywhere near the water with that massive shark cruisin round

[straddiebrad]

i would be looking for the dunny paper and some new shorts

[Travis]

I like his style!!!! get out the hooks boys!!!!

[James W]

i'd be looking for terry

[aichepee]

how does a dead humpback washed up make it shallow?

[wesfish]

:woohoo: :woohoo: thats awesome!!!

[Travis]

Great whites arent usually in that depth of water unless theyre chasing something

[straddiebrad]

Travis wrote:

Great whites arent usually in that depth of water unless theyre chasing something

yer the big red lure in the background.

[James W]

its a tiger shark..

[Travis]

um ok

[nadders]

aichepee wrote:

how does a dead humpback washed up make it shallow?

he means the shark is in shallower water than normal

[Ben Derecki]

Here's the tasty meal they're all heading inshore for... pretty sad to see the poor bugger lying there.

[Travis]

IS it a great white or what?

[MOC]

definitely a tiger shark.

Mick

[Angus]

Yeah 100% Tiger.

Awesome pics mate.

There are some similar ones floating around of some hammers of the inside of moreton.

Angus

[fishing_hardcore]

Yeah great shots!

It's interesting how similar the Tiger shark and the Great White really are.

I wonder how closely they are related?

cheers

[HookedOnTackle]

Most sharks look pretty damn similar at first, but when you look at pics of tigers and great whites more, they look very different. Great Whites are highly efficient cruisers, tigers are more like brawling bouncers (to me at least)

[Travis]

well ya learn something new avery day

[faulked]

if you look at the lobes on the tail of a white versus a tiger youll note the tigers lower fin part is short wheras the top is much larger this is so it can hapily swim in shalow water wheras the whites even fin is designed for ocean work and not so good in shallow water

great photos though

[Travis]

well bugger me i thought tigers had that striped shading through them, thanx for the info

[Cowfish13]

Tigers also have an extremely blunt head/nose when compared to Whites

[fishing_hardcore]

Cowfish13 wrote:

Tigers also have an extremely blunt head/nose when compared to Whites

Yes it does have blunt nose, now you mention it.

Taken from wiki - They are in the same family as the Bull shark

The tiger shark is a member of the order Carcharhiniformes;members of this order are characterized by the presence of a nictitating membrane over the eyes, two dorsal fins, an anal fin, and five gill slits. It is the largest member of the Carcharhinidae family, commonly referred to as requiem sharks. This family includes some other well-known sharks such as the blue shark, lemon shark and bull shark.