Lemon Sharks and Mangroves in the Bahamas

 

Lemon sharks relay on mangroves for a major of reasons, first they lives in mangroves for the first 13 years of their life and second they return to the mangrove they were born in and give birth to their young. A threat to these sharks are the removal of the mangroves for hotels, resorts, etc., and the sharks will return to the same mangrove to give birth whether or not the mangrove is there. This leaves the baby sharks with no protection and survival rates are decreasing.