How to Use blacktip shark in a Sentence

blacktip shark

noun

• For instance, the blacktip shark shared some identical sequences with the grey reef shark along the DNA stretch used in our study.
  — Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
• The footage shows dozens and then hundreds of blacktip sharks feasting on schools of mammoth-sized bluefish.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• But instead of being kicked by one of his friends, as Albert thought, the sensation was the bite of a 6-foot blacktip shark that tore into his arm.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 25 Mar. 2021
• But local fishermen rushed to a blacktip shark's aid after noticing a lure caught in its mouth and wire wrapped around its body.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
• That's why the blacktip sharks, just like cod, dogfish, and a host of other fish species, are moving north to get more comfortable—and follow their food supply.
  — National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2018
• It's even been seen in sharks and rays that are in the care of humans, including sawfish, blacktip sharks, leopard sharks and several other types.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
• But experts say blacktip sharks, not great whites, are most often responsible for bites.
  — CBS News, 5 Aug. 2019
• The atoll is a nature sanctuary that lures bird watchers (for parrots and seabirds like the great frigate and noddy) as well as snorkelers and divers that come to see colorful parrotfish, blacktip sharks, bonefish, and nesting turtles.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• Kajiur says that aerial photos like the one above (all of those dark dots are sharks) might be jarring, lifeguards haven't shut down area beaches and blacktip sharks are generally skitting around humans.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2016
• Australia's Great Barrier Reef is heralded for its biodiversity: The colorful clusters of coral and wisps of islands stretch 1,400 miles, home to white and orange clown fish, the blacktip shark, humpback whales and hundreds of other species.
  — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
• Experts with Florida Atlantic University published data in late winter showing blacktip sharks were less inclined to migrate to Florida for the winter, because waters off the east coast are warmer than decades ago.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 16 Apr. 2018
• Water temperatures determine where blacktip sharks wind up, Kajiura said in a statement.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 29 Aug 2024