They enjoy feeding on small fish, crustaceans, sea snakes, and some seabirds. The Blacktip Reef Shark is known for its strategic and unique way of hunting fish; the shark pushed itself out of the water, spins, landing on its back, attracting fish closer to the surface. The Blacktip Reef Shark is incredibly skittish and avoids human interaction as much as we attempt to avoid it. Although, because we do interfere with their environment, there have been several reports of Blacktip Reef Shark accidentally biting humans wading in shallow waters or surfers who were mistaken for other sea life. Blacktips can be accounted for 28 attacks in the US, although, none ended in fatality. They are held responsible for nearly 16% of Florida’s shark attacks. It may seem that Blacktip Reef Sharks are the real predators when it comes to man vs. shark, but in reality, we harm their species more than one would
They enjoy feeding on small fish, crustaceans, sea snakes, and some seabirds. The Blacktip Reef Shark is known for its strategic and unique way of hunting fish; the shark pushed itself out of the water, spins, landing on its back, attracting fish closer to the surface. The Blacktip Reef Shark is incredibly skittish and avoids human interaction as much as we attempt to avoid it. Although, because we do interfere with their environment, there have been several reports of Blacktip Reef Shark accidentally biting humans wading in shallow waters or surfers who were mistaken for other sea life. Blacktips can be accounted for 28 attacks in the US, although, none ended in fatality. They are held responsible for nearly 16% of Florida’s shark attacks. It may seem that Blacktip Reef Sharks are the real predators when it comes to man vs. shark, but in reality, we harm their species more than one would