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Cruising Nurse A nurse shark encountered in the Florida Keys. These sharks are typically very docile and primarily feed along the ocean floor. Florida,Geotagged,Ginglymostoma cirratum,Nurse shark,United States Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Cruising Nurse

A nurse shark encountered in the Florida Keys. These sharks are typically very docile and primarily feed along the ocean floor.

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The nurse shark, ''Ginglymostoma cirratum'', is a shark in the nurse sharks family, the only member of its genus ''Ginglymostoma''. Nurse sharks can reach a length of 4.3 m and a weight of 330 kg .

Similar species: Carpet Sharks
Species identified by travismorhardt
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By travismorhardt

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Uploaded Nov 14, 2013. Captured Mar 23, 2011 10:44 in 32860 Bimini Lane, Big Pine Key, FL 33043, USA.
  • KODAK PlaySport Video Camera, Zx3
  • f/2.8
  • 1/323s
  • ISO50
  • 5.54mm