The great white has a large cone-like snout. Its body is shaped like a torpedo. The upper body has a slate-gray shade while it is white from the underside. This pattern of dark-colored upper side and light-colored lower side is known as countershading. This way the shark becomes invisible when…
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The great white shark diet consists of a wide range of food enabling it to eat from smaller animals like tuna, rays and skates and all the way up to larger ones like seals, sea lions and dolphins. White sharks like to eat bony fish like lingcod, demersal rockfish and…
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The teeth of the great white are large, serrated and triangle-shaped. Unlike the lower jaw’s teeth, the teeth on the upper jaw are thicker. The great white possesses 300 teeth that are divided into seven rows. The juvenile individuals of the great white (measuring not more than 5.5 feet in…
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Do you have any idea how often do great white sharks eat? The great white shark diet consists of turtles, bony fish, squid, seabirds and even other sharks and rays. The white shark however loves to feed on marine mammals most. Most of these are large and very strong which means…
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The weight of the largest known great white shark ever recorded in history is at least 2,730 pounds. However, there may be a possibility of an even bigger great white that can weigh as much as 5,070 pounds but it is yet to be confirmed. In 1986, a female white…
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Do you know how long do great white sharks grow in the natural habitat? In size, the female great white sharks are bigger than the males. The average size of a female great white is between 15 and 16 feet while the male shark is around 11 to 13 feet…
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The exact speed at which the great white shark swims has not been established yet. However, in one of the cases where it had attacked the surfboard in South Farallon Islands of California, the estimated speed of its attack on the video camera gives some clues about its speed of…
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Do you have any idea why are great white sharks endangered in their natural habitat? To begin with, the great whites are not endangered species anymore. The IUCN Red List has now listed them as vulnerable. However, that doesn’t mean its survival is not at stake because certain illegal activities…
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has listed the great whites as Vulnerable A2cd+3cd which mean they are no longer endangered species. However, according to a study in 2011, the number of great whites had decreased as low as 219 individuals (and so, regarded this species as ‘endangered’). Are…
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Do you want to know how do great white sharks hunt their prey? Indeed, one of the most spectacular scenes for any biologist would be to capture the foraging behavior of great whites. The hunting behavior of these sharks is so fascinating to watch that it gives a lot of clues…
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