Kingdom : Animalia Class : Chondrichthyes Family : Lamnidae Scientific Name : Carcharodon Carcharias Size : 5.5 - 7m (18 - 21ft) Weight : 1,110 - 2,240kg (2,450 - 4,938lbs) Top Speed : 40km/h (25mph) Life Span : 30 - 40 years Colour : Black, grey, White Skin Type : Smooth Special Features : Pointed snout and long, sharp teeth
- Great White Sharks are found in oceans all around the world.
- They are especially found around Australia, South Africa, California and Mexico.
- They are found at depths varying from 1m -1200m in oceans.
- They grow to be more than 8m long and weigh around 2.000kg.
- They are the largest predatory fish in the world.
- They are solitary animals and are known to live for around 30-40 years.
- Distinctively, they have a pointed snout and long, sharp teeth.
- They have around 300 teeth arranges in a number of rows along their jaws.
- Though they attack humans in water, mistaking them to be other animals, they do not like the taste of humans.
- They are carnivores preying on large fish, seal, porpoise, dolphin and whale by ambushing them.
- Their dominance and aggressive nature makes them Apex predators in their natural environment.
- Rarely, they are known to fight with similar sized killer whales.
- There have been instances where large pods of dolphins have rammed and killed the great white shark.
- Humans pose a great threat to them as they kill them for self-defense and their meat.
- Human hunting has made the great white sharks a threatened species today.