A Sand Tiger Shark, Carcharias taurus, swims near a shipwreck in the Graveyard of the Atlantic offshore Morehead City, NC

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A Sand Tiger Shark, Carcharias taurus, swims near a shipwreck in the Graveyard of the Atlantic offshore Morehead City, North Carolina. This species is known as the ragged tooth shark in South Africa and as the Grey Nurse in Australia. Threatened. IUCN Red List

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Size: 5500px × 3660px
Location: Morehead City, North Carolina, United States
Photo credit: © Michael Patrick O'Neill / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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