blacktip shark
Americannoun
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The Atlantic blacktip shark – which is named for the black tips on its pectoral, dorsal and tail fins – can reach up to 6 feet in length and age to more than 15 years old.
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Kajiura does aerial surveys of the blacktip shark migration along Palm Beach County’s coast and would text Pate whenever he saw a manta ray in the water.
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Jennifer doesn’t know what species Crown sources for the sandwich, but traditionally, Trini cooks rely on Atlantic blacktip shark, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration considers a “smart seafood choice.”
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The two later discovered that the "fish" that knocked Chandler from his board was likely a small blacktip shark.
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Weakley sent the tooth in to the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, where the used DNA to determine that the tooth indeed belonged to a blacktip shark.
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