Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) eating a whale carcass drifting off Mayotte

megaptera novaeangliae galeocerdo cuvier humpback whale megaptera novaeangliae saltwater fish adult predator float eat swim profile shot overview blue mayotte tropical sea megaptera corpse split view tiger shark galeocerdo cuvier galeocerdo pair carcass food near threatened species blue sky october injurious species water surface mozambique channel nobody jubartes megapteres humpback whales megaptera novaeangliae jubarte megaptere saltwater fishes sea fish sea fishes salt water fish salt water fishes adults predators predatory floating eating feed feeding eaten swallow swallowing swallowed swimming action swimming profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length tropical seas tropical oceans tropical ocean corpses cadaver cadavers dead bodies dead body over under shots over under views over under view over under image over under images over under photo over under photos over under sight over under sights tiger sharks duet pairs duets 2 two carcasses food blue skies good weather nice weather water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces with nobody rorqual whale cetacean marine mammal mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal fishes particularity species particularity species stage of development individual predation relation between species locomotion motion shot colour comoro islands africa sea marine area area balaenopteridae cetacea mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota death behavior shark elasmobranchii cartilaginous fish fish animal carcharhinidae carcharhiniformes selachii euselachii elasmobranchii chondrichthyes enumeration meat food alimentation natural resources use low risk sky meteorological phenomenon meteorology science risky species water matter matter substance indian ocean world sea and ocean