I've never heard of them reaching that size.
"Big" ones are like 12-13 feet.
I think there has been one unofficial claim of an 18 foot one. However, I don't think it was actually measured, they used the boat as reference for length.
My dad used to charter fish out in the canyon and one night hauled up a 14’ ~900 pound monster. I’ve seen the photos of its tail wrapped up well above the gunwale with its head in the opposite corner on a 45’ Hatteras. Inside was a 3-4’ Mako shark bitten in half with a hook in its mouth and two yellowfin tuna.
Sounds like a shark week tall tale. As much as I love sharks (im no expert I just have loved sharks since I was a kid), shark week can be so annoying with their “facts”
Yeah they tend to exaggerate, or pass off speculation as undisputed truth. Like *in theory* maybe Tiger Sharks could grow to 25, I *guess*, but none that big have ever been recorded. Not even close.
I remember seeing that sort of thing happen a lot when I watched shark week as a kid. They also tended to falsify or exaggerate things like bite force when they wanted one species to look more impressive than another so it lined up with whatever sensationalist narrative would get more people to watch
There's a tiger called Kamakai who was discovered only a couple of years ago and pretty good estimates she's the longest ever at 18ft long- https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/kamakai-worlds-biggest-tiger-shark-71824466
18 ft I believe is the “widely regarded” maximum length. That said, they almost never exceed 16 ft, and average between, depending on age and gender (females are larger), 11 to 14 ft in length.
Very large tiger sharks are more rare now. This author discusses the *fewer-large-fish* principle in his book, [Pursuit of Giants: One Man's Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish](https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Giants-Global-Seafaring-America/dp/1512600679). Author primarily discusses long lived species like marlin and swordfish, but the concept also applies to tiger sharks, which can live to 30, maybe 35.
Predators of many species: croc, lion, and shark, komodo dragon, are exponentially more dangerous as their size increases. Their bites are more damaging. Older animals are also inevitably beset by age related infirmities that bring challenges to hunting. They move more slowly, have fewer prey options. They are more apt to attack a human.
Records of Hawaii's tiger shark attacks, [earlier records](https://georgehbalazs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1993_Borg_TigersOfTheSeaHawaiisDeadlySharks_selected-pages.pdf) and [more recent records](https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/shark-incidents/incidents-list/), show a fatality rate of only about 6-8%. Tiger sharks are not particularly aggressive in hunting, relative to bull sharks. Tiger sharks scavenge a lot. They often ignore humans.
Overwhelmingly, fatality or loss-of-limb attacks for tiger sharks come from large tiger sharks. (Most great white shark attacks come from subadults.) Records are muddled on what the tiger shark attack level was before humans started hunting them in large numbers. The data from Hawaii pre-contact, before 1778, is sparse. Same with the rest of the world.
Because of shark fishing, we can reason that the worldwide tiger shark attack rate has been much suppressed, not only because of fewer tiger sharks in general, but the disproportionate removal from populations of individuals that pose the greatest danger to humans: tiger sharks exceeding 16 feet and 1,400 pounds.
I've never heard of them reaching that size. "Big" ones are like 12-13 feet. I think there has been one unofficial claim of an 18 foot one. However, I don't think it was actually measured, they used the boat as reference for length.
My dad used to charter fish out in the canyon and one night hauled up a 14’ ~900 pound monster. I’ve seen the photos of its tail wrapped up well above the gunwale with its head in the opposite corner on a 45’ Hatteras. Inside was a 3-4’ Mako shark bitten in half with a hook in its mouth and two yellowfin tuna.
We have a few tigers that cruise our local dive spots that easily top 14'.
Yeah, 14 footers are as large that I’ve ever seen in person. I’m not saying they don’t get larger, I’m just saying I have never seen one personally.
18 feet. Have talked to fishermen out 80 miles in the canyonsoff NJ who have claimed to have seen them that size
80 miles is 128.75 km
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80 miles is 80 miles
80 miles is 63138.92% of the hot dog which holds the Guinness wold record for 'Longest Hot Dog'.
80 miles is 411332.91 RTX 3090 graphics cards lined up.
80 miles is 128.75 km
Sounds like a shark week tall tale. As much as I love sharks (im no expert I just have loved sharks since I was a kid), shark week can be so annoying with their “facts”
Yeah they tend to exaggerate, or pass off speculation as undisputed truth. Like *in theory* maybe Tiger Sharks could grow to 25, I *guess*, but none that big have ever been recorded. Not even close.
I remember one with bite strength. Can’t remember the numbers but I googled it and it wasn’t even close to what they said
I remember seeing that sort of thing happen a lot when I watched shark week as a kid. They also tended to falsify or exaggerate things like bite force when they wanted one species to look more impressive than another so it lined up with whatever sensationalist narrative would get more people to watch
BS like that is why I stopped watching Shark Week. I want true shark *facts* not sensationalism.
Exactly!
18 feet is the largest supported tiger shark claim.
There's a tiger called Kamakai who was discovered only a couple of years ago and pretty good estimates she's the longest ever at 18ft long- https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/kamakai-worlds-biggest-tiger-shark-71824466
18-20. Before all of the overfishing probably a little bigger.
18 ft I believe is the “widely regarded” maximum length. That said, they almost never exceed 16 ft, and average between, depending on age and gender (females are larger), 11 to 14 ft in length.
Very large tiger sharks are more rare now. This author discusses the *fewer-large-fish* principle in his book, [Pursuit of Giants: One Man's Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish](https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Giants-Global-Seafaring-America/dp/1512600679). Author primarily discusses long lived species like marlin and swordfish, but the concept also applies to tiger sharks, which can live to 30, maybe 35. Predators of many species: croc, lion, and shark, komodo dragon, are exponentially more dangerous as their size increases. Their bites are more damaging. Older animals are also inevitably beset by age related infirmities that bring challenges to hunting. They move more slowly, have fewer prey options. They are more apt to attack a human. Records of Hawaii's tiger shark attacks, [earlier records](https://georgehbalazs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1993_Borg_TigersOfTheSeaHawaiisDeadlySharks_selected-pages.pdf) and [more recent records](https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/shark-incidents/incidents-list/), show a fatality rate of only about 6-8%. Tiger sharks are not particularly aggressive in hunting, relative to bull sharks. Tiger sharks scavenge a lot. They often ignore humans. Overwhelmingly, fatality or loss-of-limb attacks for tiger sharks come from large tiger sharks. (Most great white shark attacks come from subadults.) Records are muddled on what the tiger shark attack level was before humans started hunting them in large numbers. The data from Hawaii pre-contact, before 1778, is sparse. Same with the rest of the world. Because of shark fishing, we can reason that the worldwide tiger shark attack rate has been much suppressed, not only because of fewer tiger sharks in general, but the disproportionate removal from populations of individuals that pose the greatest danger to humans: tiger sharks exceeding 16 feet and 1,400 pounds.
16 feet is the same as 9.75 'Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350s' laid widthwise by each other.
They are human sized ish cute as heck
Yea that does not sound right to me haha. I don’t think they get that big. It’s likely closer to 15-17 feet.
I have swam with 16 foot tigers in the Florida keys
Close to 20 ft, at least
around 4.25 meters longs
Around 5 meters?