Grey nurse shark - Carcharias taurus by Joe Lencioni

November 24, 2006

Grey Nurse Shark ƒ/2.8, 1/30 s, 800 ISO

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This grey nurse shark was probably the coolest shark at the Minnesota Zoo. It is also known as the spotted ragged-tooth or sand tiger shark.

5 Comments

george.i. said
November 27th, 2006 at 9:56 am

Super image. The bit of blue in the background near the snout is great. Planned?
(post author) Joe Lencioni said
November 27th, 2006 at 11:04 pm

Thanks for the nice compliment. I’m glad you like this photo. The shark was moving quite fast, so it was difficult to plan much of anything.
krishnamoorthy manickam said
November 28th, 2006 at 1:24 am

Coolest shark [shock]
Sarah said
June 1st, 2007 at 2:05 am

Scary but cool.
Owen said
November 8th, 2007 at 9:38 am

Just recently ran into one of these in the wild while diving off Waya Island in Fiji. She was about 5-6 feet long, and was sleeping in a crevice about 15 metres down. Her face was pushed into a hole, and I couldn’t see her above the gills. Thanks to your great photo, now I can see her face!