https://wildlife.blog/tags/whitetip-reef-shark/Recent content in Whitetip Reef Shark on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/some-form-of-white-tipped-shark/https://wildlife.blog/posts/some-form-of-white-tipped-shark/<p><strong>Whitetip Reef Shark</strong> <em>(Triaenodon obesus)</em></p> <p>One of the few shark species that can lie motionless on the bottom, pumping water over its gills instead of needing to swim to breathe.</p> <p>A year-round resident of the Galápagos archipelago, commonly found resting in caves and on sandy patches during the day before hunting reef fish at night.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitetip_reef_shark">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81511-Triaenodon-obesus">iNaturalist</a></p>