Georgia Aquarium Question about the sharks at Georgia Aquarium

JVM said:
The large female tiger shark remains present today. I was very happy to see her!
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Always excellent to hear. Honestly, I fully expect her to be there a long while barring any surprise health issues (and very much hoping for that not to come to pass). As I mentioned before, tigers can live quite a long time in captivity; all the previous ones that did so were not in as specialized a tank as S: POTD, nor were they provided as advanced of care as it was decades ago. Here’s to many more years and many happy returns for her and all of us who love visiting her. :)

Out of the vaguest curiosity, did they happen to say how big she’s gotten now? When I visited in ‘22 she was stated to be 9 feet, but smart money says she’s grown larger in almost exactly 3 years.
 
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Local_Shark said:
Always excellent to hear. Honestly, I fully expect her to be there a long while barring any surprise health issues (and very much hoping for that not to come to pass). As I mentioned before, tigers can live quite a long time in captivity; all the previous ones that did so were not in as specialized a tank as S: POTD, nor were they provided as advanced of care as it was decades ago. Here’s to many more years and many happy returns for her and all of us who love visiting her. :)

Out of the vaguest curiosity, did they happen to say how big she’s gotten now? When I visited in ‘22 she was stated to be 9 feet, but smart money says she’s grown larger in almost exactly 3 years.
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I really wish I'd seen this before my visit today, I would've been happy to ask! I unfortunately have no answer to share.
 
Last I was up there (no later than early '24) a docent had told me the tiger shark was 10'. It was a docent, so take it what it's worth but to my eye that seemed pretty accurate
 
No problem at all @JVM and many thanks @PSO! At bare minimum, that means she’s growing well to the knowledge of the education staff, I tend to trust that she is at least increasing in size somewhat and that’s all that matters. Means she’s healthy. :)
 
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