Great White Shark
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ID#32
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Classification: fish
Endangered status: Vulnerable Habitat: warm waters The Great White Shark can grow to up to 12 to 25 feet long, with females tending to be bigger than males. It can weigh up to 2700 to 3200 kg. The shark’s teeth measure up to 2 inches high, the edges of which are very sharp so if you rub them in the wrong way you cut yourself. These sharks can swim up to 35 mph. The great white shark typical diet is made up of fish, squid, seals, dolphins, sea turtles, sea birds, and whale carouses. It has such a wide variety of food because it can leave a bite mark 28 to 33 inches deep. This shark is very solitary, it hunts alone swims alone and lives alone. Little is know about great white shark reproduction. They are believed to reach sexual maturity at about 7 years. Females breed every other year, but no one has ever seen them mating. The eggs develop in the females uterus over a 11-month gestation period. Baby sharks, called pups, are able to fend for themselves as soon as they are born. Great white sharks live for more than 30 years. The great white shark has 2 rows of teeth and can remove and renew its teeth at will when they get dull. If the shark stops moving it will drown because it is missing a part of it body that most fish have. This means the shark has to manually push the water through its gills in this case the shark must keep moving. |