How to Use blacktip shark in a Sentence

blacktip shark

noun
  • Spinner and blacktip sharks are also known to come near shore.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 2 June 2023
  • The footage shows dozens and then hundreds of blacktip sharks feasting on schools of mammoth-sized bluefish.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • This slender shark is often mistaken for a blacktip shark because its fins have gray or black tips.
    — Priscilla Aguirre, Chron, 15 July 2021
  • But experts say blacktip sharks, not great whites, are most often responsible for bites.
    — CBS News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • But local fishermen rushed to a blacktip shark's aid after noticing a lure caught in its mouth and wire wrapped around its body.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Smaller sharks, including blacktip sharks, can be key menu items for larger sharks, such as great hammerheads.
    — Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Many of these bites were likely from blacktip sharks, whose breeding grounds stretch along the northeast Florida coastline.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
  • It's even been seen in sharks and rays that are in the care of humans, including sawfish, blacktip sharks, leopard sharks and several other types.
    — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
  • That's why the blacktip sharks, just like cod, dogfish, and a host of other fish species, are moving north to get more comfortable—and follow their food supply.
    — National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2018
  • For instance, the blacktip shark shared some identical sequences with the grey reef shark along the DNA stretch used in our study.
    — Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
  • But instead of being kicked by one of his friends, as Albert thought, the sensation was the bite of a 6-foot blacktip shark that tore into his arm.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The Atlantic blacktip shark – which is named for the black tips on its pectoral, dorsal and tail fins – can reach up to 6 feet in length and age to more than 15 years old.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 July 2021
  • Named for the distinctive black markings on the tips of their dorsal, pelvic, and tail fins, blacktip sharks primarily eat small fish, squid, and crustaceans, using quick bursts of speed to chase down prey.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The results showed that on a nano level, the blacktip shark’s cartilage had two distinct regions, the corpus calcareum and the intermediale.
    — Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • The first instance occurred in January 2022, when a drone recorded two orcas swimming near a blacktip shark.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
  • Scientists analyzed serum samples of tiger sharks, blacktip sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Atlantic nurse sharks and lemon sharks.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Water temperatures determine where blacktip sharks wind up, Kajiura said in a statement.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Other samples contained vulnerable species of shark, including the spinner, lemon, common thresher and blacktip shark.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Kajiur says that aerial photos like the one above (all of those dark dots are sharks) might be jarring, lifeguards haven't shut down area beaches and blacktip sharks are generally skitting around humans.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2016
  • Smooth hammerheads and blacktip sharks spent comparatively more time near the surface, whereas white sharks, spinner sharks, and dusky sharks were active throughout much of the water column.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • One, for example, was labeled as a blacktip shark, which is considered a vulnerable species, but actually contained meat from the endangered shortfin mako.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The atoll is a nature sanctuary that lures bird watchers (for parrots and seabirds like the great frigate and noddy) as well as snorkelers and divers that come to see colorful parrotfish, blacktip sharks, bonefish, and nesting turtles.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Despite their abundance in some regions, blacktip sharks are generally not considered dangerous to humans, though their preference for shallow waters means encounters can occur, especially in surf zones where people are also present.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Unlike a blacktip shark, which eats smaller fish whole and would likely leave just small puncture wounds on a human, bull shark bites are typically much more severe, said Grubbs, the Florida State University expert.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Experts with Florida Atlantic University published data in late winter showing blacktip sharks were less inclined to migrate to Florida for the winter, because waters off the east coast are warmer than decades ago.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 16 Apr. 2018

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