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Shark Diving Attractions In Austral Islands

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The Tuha'a Pae, or Austral Islands , are the southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the South Pacific. Geographically, they consist of two separate archipelagos, namely in the northwest the Tupua'i islands consisting of the Îles Maria, Rimatara, Rūrutu, Tupua'i Island proper and Ra'ivāvae, and in the southeast the Bass Islands composed of the main island of Rapa Iti and the small Marotiri . Inhabitants of the islands are known for their pandanus fiber weaving skills. The islands of Maria and Marotiri are not suitable for sustained habitation. Several of the islands have uninhabited islets or rocks of...
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Shark Diving Attractions In Austral Islands

  • 1. Shark Diving Moorea
    The sicklefin lemon shark or sharptooth lemon shark, is a species of requiem shark belonging to the family Carcharhinidae, widely distributed in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. It is closely related to the better-known lemon shark of the Americas; the two species are almost identical in appearance, both being stout-bodied sharks with broad heads, two dorsal fins of nearly equal size, and a plain yellow-tinged coloration. As its common name suggests, the sicklefin lemon shark differs from its American counterpart in having more falcate fins. This large species grows up to 3.8 m long. It generally inhabits water less than 92 m deep in a variety of habitats, from mangrove estuaries to coral reefs. A slow-moving predator feeding mainly on bony fishes, the sicklefin lemon shark seldom ...
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