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 ferocious profile shot overview underwater shot reflection blue mayotte tropical sea megaptera corpse hunger tiger shark galeocerdo cuvier galeocerdo pair carcass food near threatened species 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 cruelties cruel cruels ferocities merciless ferocity cruelty fierce ravenous profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length subaquatic photos subaquatic sights seen under the water photos under the water underwater shots subaquatic image underwater view submarine images submarine sights submarine sight submarine photos submarine photo underwater views submarine photographies submarine photography underwater underwaterphoto underwaterpicture underwaterphotography underwaterphotographies underwaterphotos underwaterpictures reflections mirror image reflected reflecting tropical seas tropical oceans tropical ocean corpses cadaver cadavers dead bodies dead body be hungry being hungry starving man starvation hungry starving men starving tiger sharks duet pairs duets 2 two carcasses food 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 light effect 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 risky species water matter matter substance indian ocean world sea and ocean