One of the items on display was a replica of a full suit of steel armor with a helmet ... the early 20th century Australian surgeon and author V.M. Coppleson spoke of a tiger shark found off the coast ...

Tires, license plates, paint cans, farm animals, unexploded munitions, a suit of armor—all these ... Carolina was in full bloom, news broke that an 800-pound tiger shark had been caught off ...

and even a suit of armor in their stomachs. With such a plentiful supply of seabirds to snack on, it makes sense to Emmons that Norfolk Island's tiger sharks grow much larger than other populations.