Introducti

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and

teachers. My nameon
is Thase and today I
would like to tell you some interesting
information in my Autobiographifical report
On the Black Tip Shark. The reason I
choose Black tips shark is because I find
them very interesting.
Information of the Black Tip Shark
Black Tip Sharks are a species of requiem
sharks. It is common to coastal tropical and
subtropical waters around the world. You
can notice the black tip shark because its
body is grey in color, but the tips of its fins
are black. The black tip sharks mostly lives
in the habitats of the coral reefs where there
is warm temperature. This Shark uses its
caudal fin to move and it uses its pectoral
fins to steer itself. Black tips have to
continue swimming or they will sink to the
bottom of the ocean. Black tips are consider
to be an Apex predator, because their teeth
changes throughout their life time, sensitive
smell receptor and eyes that adapt quickly
to low light levels. Black tip preys on
mullets, ladyfish, jacks and occasionally
stingrays. It obtains its food by circling its
prey and then it attacks. This shark has no
predators because it is a strong and
defensive shark. All sharks including the
black tips use their gills to breathe in water.
 Distinctive Features

Black tips are stout bodied with a moderately long

and pointed snout. They lack an interdorsal
ridge. The first dorsal fin, near to the pectoral fin
insertion,.The pectoral fins are fairly large and
pointed.
 Shark Babies
Shark Babies
Some sharks lay eggs like birds,
while others have their children
the way humans have theirs. A
black tip shark is a shark like the
nurse shark that deposits their
egg cases in the sea. The babies
inside get their food from the yolk
until the egg hatches. We are
lucky we have parents to protect
us. These eggs did not have
anyone to protect them. There
were many big fish that ate the
eggs so it was a chance of them
not surviving. Sharks such as the
A shark egg….. horn sharks and the black tip
sharks are known as the
oviparous sharks.
 Dangers of Black Tip Sharks

• Black tips can be very dangerous,

because they are know to be responsible
for a number of unprovoked attack on
humans around the world. About 20% of
attacks happened on surfers.
 What happened if the environment
changes
• At this moment Black tip faces treat that comes from the
Commercial and recreational fisheries. The flesh is consumed by
humans or used in fish meal, hides are used for leather, fin sold to
the Asian markets for fin soup and the liver provide vitamin rich oil.
The black tip shark inshore habitat is also vulnerable to the impacts
of human activities, which can alter or degrade the nursery areas .
Any form of sustained human activity will modify the natural
environment, affect the number of species in that environment and
in extreme cases lead to extension. The primary human activities
causing species extinction are hunting, collection, and habitat
destruction. Of these three, it is habitat destruction that most
significantly affects biodiversity and sometimes leads to species
extinction. Just think, if someone came and destroyed your home,
and took away your food while you was at it, your odds of making it
would be dim.
 Continuation of environment
• This is the case for many species that depend on the
reef, seagrass beds, or mangrove for habitat and
protection, and find themselves out of luck when
their habitat is damaged, dredged up, polluted, or
even removed. The black tip shark are not yet
becoming extinct. However as their being fished,
and habitats become vulnerable to degradation, it is
becoming close to being extinct. I hope careful
fishing management, and good measures are being
taken to protect the coastal habitat of the Black Tip
Shark so that it will not become in this category.
 Thank you
My resources was taking from the following websites:
http://www.arkive.org/blacktip-shark/carcharhinus-limbatus/info.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktip_shark
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/FS_blacktipshark.htm
http://ambergriscaye.com/reefbriefs/briefs50.html
From the book called, Discover Sharks, and my Teacher.

By:
Thase Watler