Scientific name: Pastinachus sephen
Size: Up to 9.8 feet long and 5.9 feet wide
Color: Gray or brown
Distinguishing feature: The end of his tail looks like a cow's tail
Where did we see it: Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Pastinachus sephen
Size: Up to 9.8 feet long and 5.9 feet wide
Color: Gray or brown
Distinguishing feature: The end of his tail looks like a cow's tail
Where did we see it: Maldives, Raja Ampat
This species has a spine near its tail that is particularly dangerous.
Cowtail stingray is a solitary animal, but sharks loves to eat them (especially the hammerhead), as the bottlenose dolphin Tursiop.
We can hear the bull shark is very dangerous because of attacks near La Réunion island.
However, tens of them are living at 600 feet from the famous beach of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. And there are no attacks.
Turtles are in economy mode when they are sleeping. If they are woken during night, they may not have enough air to return to surface.
So, please be careful during night dives!
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
