The Great White Shark

Anatomy 

The great white shark is a smooth swimmer avenging speeds of up to 24 km/hr (15 mph) and a fear predator with 3,000 teeth, arranged in several rows. It has a torpedo-shaped body, a pointed snout, a crescent-shaped tail, 5 gill slits, no fin spines, an anal fin, and 3 main fins: the dorsal fin (on its back) and 2 pectoral fins (on its sides). When the shark is near the surface, the dorsal fin and part of the tail are visible above the water.

 Size

Great whites average 12-16 feet long (3.7-4.9 m) long, weighing about 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg). The biggest great white shark on record was 23 feet (7 m) long, weighing about 7,000 pounds (3200 kg). Females are larger than males, as with most sharks. Shark pups can be over 5 feet (1.5 m) long at birth.

Diet 

Younger great whites eat fish, rays, and other small sharks. But as they grow and become adults they eat larger prey, such as sea lions, seals, small toothed whales, otters, and sea turtles. They also eat dead animals that they have found floating dead in the water.

Senses

The Great Whites primarily senses is their  ability smell and the ability to sense electric charges. The great white's nostrils can smell one drop of blood in 25 gallons (100 liters) of water. They can also sense even a tiny amounts of blood in the water up to 3 mi (5 km) away.They can pick up electrical charges as small as 0.005 microvolts.The prey can be detected by the electrical field generated by a beating heart or gill action.

Habitat 

The Great Whites can be found of the coastlines of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, California to Alaska, the east coast of USA and the Gulf coast, Hawaii, most of South America, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa to Scandinavia, Japan and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia.

Facts

Great Whites are the largest predatory fish in the sea.

The Great White Shark lives for about 25 years.

The Great White Shark have an enormous liver that can weigh up to 24 percent of its entire weight.

At birth a baby Great White shark is about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long 

A Great White Shark's teeth can measure more than 2.5 inches (5.7 centimeters) long.