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Great White Sharks are apex predators, they're at the top of the food chain so they pretty much eat whatever they want. Seals with their high body fat are perfect prey.

When a great white spots one they dive down deep and then accelerate upwards at high speeds and grab the unlucky creature in its mouth. That's also why surfers can be attacked, and also why they usually survive. The shark goes for the centre o the creature, the board when the surfer is towards the back. The shark doesn't like the taste of the board so it leaves.

Great White are centred usually around areas with a high seal population. Cape of Good Hope (False Bay), Farallon Islands (San Francisco), Port Phillip Island and the South coast of Australia to name a few.

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