Nurse sharks are an extremely docile species of shark. They spend most of their day cuddled up together under the jetty, often over 30 of them! Although they are calm by nature, they rank 4th in documented sharks bites on humans - mainly due to irresponsible tour operators encouraging feeding and incautious behaviour around the sharks. 📹: @journeyofascubadiver . . . 📍@joydivemaldives #scuba #diving #sharks #underwater #snorkeling #nurseshark #sharkweek #funnyanimals #cuteanimals #safariislandr

Rare bright orange nurse shark spotted for the first time 🦈🤯 The nurse shark was seen in Costa Rican waters near Tortuguero National Park and was captured at a depth of 37 metres (and subsequently released). Its yellow-orange skin, an indication of a pigmentation condition known as xanthism. Xanthism is considered extremely rare in the animal kingdom and this is the first documented case of xanthism in the species and the first record of any species in the Caribbean Sea. Scientists noted it li