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Great White Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
The Great White Shark feeds on fish, including other sharks, sea lions, birds, sea otters, sea turtles, and even indigestible garbage.

 


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The legendary great white shark is far more fearsome in our imaginations than in reality. As scientific research on these elusive predators increases, their image as mindless killing machines is beginning to fade.

On the Menu: Great White sharks primarily eat fish, smaller sharks, turtles, dolphins, and pinnipeds such as seals and sea lions. They are apex predators; the only animals known to attack them are other Great Whites, sperm whales and orcas.

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
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Great white sharks are the top predators of the ocean. They are usually 3 - 4 m long but can reach up to 6.5 m and weigh 680 kg. Great whites are usually slate-grey with a blotchy line separating the white underbelly.
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''For other uses of the term, see Great White (disambiguation).

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Great White Sharks live in all coastal temperate waters, and have been known to occasionally make dives into the deep water of open oceans. They can be found in water as shallow as three feet deep, and as deep as 1280metres.

The Great White Shark
The white shark is also commonly known as the great white shark. It is a solitary predator that can grow up to 6.6 meters (21 feet) in length.

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias): Best known from the movie Jaws, the great white is a large, heavy-bodied shark, about 20 feet long, with large bladelike teeth.

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
The most dangerous of all the sharks. Great white sharks are very aggressive. They can reach at least 6 m (20 ft.) in length and weigh 3 t (3 tn.).

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Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Status: vulnerable
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Status: lower risk/near threatened
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Status: vulnerable
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Great white shark (C. carcharias)
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Shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus) Â- Longfin mako shark (I. paucus) ...

The great white shark is known to live mainly on large fish such as tuna, marlin and broadbill swordfish. As well as these fast - swimming species it will also catch sluggish bottom-dwelling skates and rays.

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Discussion The Great White Shark (officially called just the White Shark) feeds on a variety of fish, including other sharks, as well as sea lions, birds, sea otters, sea turtles, carrion, and, occasionally, undigestible garbage.

Also known as the sharp-nosed mackerel shark, it is a member of the mackerel shark family, which also includes the great white shark and the porbeagle. The mako is deep blue above and white below, with a conical head and sharply pointed snout.

Basking sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, and occasionally even great white sharks are taken for their nutrient-rich livers. There is also believed to be an element of competition elimination in taking these sharks.

Some types of shark are very rare (like the Great White Shark and the Megamouth Shark) and some are quite common (like the Dogfish Shark and Bull Shark).

Visitors react strongly to this shark! Large in size and with a mouthful of menacing, portruding, spike-like teeth, this shark, like the Great white shark, is the image that most people picture and fear.

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These are the reptile world's equivalent of great white sharks or Bengal tigers. They frequent ocean habitats as well as rivers and freshwater marshes near where people live. Their maximum size is enormous, more than 20 feet.

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See also: White Shark, Shark, Whale, Tiger, Turtle