Information About the Great White Shark

The Great White Shark is a fascinating creature, yet they can also be a dangerous predator that can grow to an amazing 20 feet long. This massive species of shark can grow to be over 5000 pounds while swimming in the deep blue ocean throughout their lives. According to Greatwhite.org (2011), the Great White Shark was once known as Squalus carcharias and is now known as Carcharodon carchariashe. This majestic shark has a skeleton made up of cartilage, which some people believe the shark's skeleton or cartilage can heal human ailments like cancer and other diseases.

According to Greatwhite.org (2011) The largest found was 21 feet yet a normal Great White Shark is about 10-15 feet long with a mouth that is about 3-4 feet wide. This shark usually eats seals, but sometime surfers may get mistaken as a seal by a hungry shark who may be hunting for food to close to the beach area. There have been shark attacks throughout the years on many different beaches and coastlines throughout our world. However, a day at the beach will most likely end with sand in your bathing suit or shorts, instead of being attacked by a shark.

Since, sharks generally stay in the deeper waters and hunt for unsuspecting seals, while swimmers play at the beach with his or her family and friends. The shark also likes to eat: squids, dolphins, whales, fish, and other sharks, but sea lions or seals also Pinnipeds are considered their favorite food to eat. According to Greatwhite.org (2011), the Great White Shark is known as an apex predator, which means this shark cannot be tamed by a man or shouldn't be held in captivity. Many scientist and explorers love to go cage diving with a Great White Shark and watch them in their natural habitat.

This majestic creature hasn't been studied enough to know exactly how long this species of sharks can live, but some sharks have been studied and identified with the unique scaring and identification marks. According to Greatwhite.org (2011) these particular sharks lived for about 15 years and helped give researchers valuable information about the natural life span of a shark. This shark has a powerful sense of smell and rows of teeth that tend to fall out from time to time, so check around the beach for shark's teeth to wash up on the shoreline.

Reference:

Greatwhite.org (2011) Great White Shark 101
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