ID 13

Blacktip Photo ID

Blacktip 013 "Susanna"

BT13 Fin Print right 2011 and left 2008

Date of first observation: July 2006

Place: Hin Phae

Estimated size:1,6 m (2011)

Sex: Female

Susanna is easy to recognize by the special form of the black spot on her first dorsal fin. She used to be a very curious shark but in 2009 she was much more quick and shy. There was a string of rope or line hanging out from her left gill (see photo on this page). Maybe she has been caught on a fishing line. In 2010 she was not seen. She was back again in 2011. This time with an old fishing hook with some line in her mouth. See photo. We did not see her in July 2013. Hopely she is still around somewhere.

Hin Phae, July 2006

Hin Phae, July 2007

Hin Phae, July 2008

Hin Phae, July 2009 (line from gill opening)

Hin Phae, July 2009

Susanna with hook and line in her mouth. Hin Phae, July 2011

Hin Phae, July 2011