Deadly Nighttime Hunter Night has come In the dark water swims a deadly hunter It’s a tiger shark And it’s heading toward shore Quietly it sneaks up on a sea turtle Then it opens its huge jaws Crunch The tiger shark’s powerful teeth bust through the turtle’s shell It has caught its first meal of the night 4
5 A tiger shark shows off rows of sharp teeth strong enough to crack a sea turtle’s shell
How did tiger sharks get their name Q 66 A striped tiger shark swims above a lemon shark in shallow ocean waters
Tiger sharks are one of the world’s largest sharks Most tiger sharks are about 10 to 14 feet 3 to 4 m long But some grow up to 25 feet 7 5 m Their skin color matches the ocean around them Some tiger sharks are blue-green on top Others are dark gray They are yellow or white on the bottom A Young tiger sharks are born with dark stripes The stripes look like tiger stripes They fade as the sharks grow up 7
