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Diving with ragge- tooth sharks with Active. As most divers will tell you, ragged-tooth sharks are one of the most unpredicatble sharks in the ocean. We have gone to great lengths in order to provide you with safe and incredible ragged-tooth shark diving.

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Durban - South Africa. We aim to see a few species of shark during the week: Tiger sharks, bull sharks, raggies, duskies, black tips and more. T&C's apply. Limited places available...more info...GO

Diving in South Africa is what we call the adrenaline rush of scuba diving. Sharks galore, famous wrecks and currents that will make you throw away your alarm clock! In South Africa its all about shark diving. Protea Banks / Aliwal Shoal are known by many as the world's best dive sites for diving with sharks. We have a 95% hit rate of seeing sharks on each dive!

Ragged Tooth Sharks (Raggies) / Nurse

Appearance
Large, bulky shark (big girth) with a long, bulbously conical snout. Long mouth extending behind eyes. First dorsal fin is bigger than both second dorsal fin and anal fin. Origin of first dorsal fin over the free rear end of pectorals, origin of second dorsal fin over the hinder base of pelvic fins. Upper precaudal pit present. Strong ventral lobe on caudal fin, not lunate shaped.

Coloration
Grey-brown on back, lighter ventral surface. Sometimes with dark reddish spots scattered on body

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Gascony, Madeira, Morocco, Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa. Western Pacific: Japan, Australia. Central Pacific: Hawaii. Eastern Pacific: Southern California, Gulf of California.

Biology
Little-known species. Lives preferably in deeper waters, close to bottom over the continental shelves and upper slopes down to depths of 400 m.

Feeding
Small fishes.

Size
Average size between 250 cm and 300 cm, maximum total length about 360 cm.

Reproduction
Aplacental viviparous (ovoviviparous). Size at birth about 100 cm.

With thanks and acknowledgemnt to http://www.shark.ch/index.html - Shark Info / Dr. Erich K. Ritter - Shark Foundation. Diving with ragged-tooth sharks. Diving with whales. Diving with sharks

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