We kick off shark week with this awesome and playful nurse shark on north wall yesterday!
The last few weeks have produced many sharks in the waters around cayman due to the warmer water. This 7 ft nurse
shark was different then any other nurse I have ever come in contact with.
I have seen my share of sharks while diving but this
was a one of a kind experience. Sharks here in cayman are known to bolt
and swim away from divers almost immediately and never really interact with us. This 7 footer not
only didn't bolt, she hung out with us for 15 mins making figure 8's and
coming so close we could have reached out and pet her. It was truly a
great day to dive grand cayman !!
To give you all some history of nurse sharks. They live in very warm water, and are what is called a shallow shark. They generally don’t go deeper than about 200 feet.
The nurse shark will reproduce by letting her eggs develop inside her body after being fertilized and hatch inside her.
Her litter has about 20 or 30 young sharks, called pups that are mirror images of the adult nurse shark in every way.
They are not mature enough to mate until about 15 or 16 years old.
Nurse sharks do not migrate as many others do. When the weather grows
cooler they decrease their activity, but stay in the cooler waters.
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