Facts About Great White Sharks
Great White Shark: not recommended to be eaten by Humans due to extremely high mercury levels in their systems.
“Great White Sharks try to avoid fighting for food. When there is only enough food for one, they have a tail-slapping contest. The sharks swim past each other, each slapping the surface of the water with their tails, and often directing the spray toward the other shark. The one who gets the meal is the shark that delivers the most tail slaps.
Great White sharks live along the coasts of all continents except Antarctica.
The Great White Shark have an enormous liver that can weigh up to 24 percent of its entire weight.
A Great White Shark may use and lose more than one thousand teeth in its life time.
The Great White Shark is not all white. The shark’s back may be dark blue, gray, brown or black.
A Great White Shark is capable of eating sea lions whole.
Great Whites often have scratches and scars on their snouts which resulted from their prey fighting back.
Scientists estimate that after a big meal, a Great White Shark can last up to three months before needing another one.
A Great White Shark can roll its eyeballs back, which protects the vital front part of the eye from being scratched.
Young Great White Sharks eat Leopard Sharks.
In one year, a single Great White consumes about 11 tons of food.More than 70 percent of known victims of Great White Shark Attacks survive because the shark realizes it has made a mistake and doesn’t finish off the prey.
Great White Sharks are no match for Orcas in a fight. Orcas, better known as Killer Whales, sometimes hunt in packs plus they are too fast and strong for even the biggest Great Whites. Orcas have been known to kill and eat them as well.”
information courtesy of: http://sharkfacts.org
