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Great White Sharks

Famous for its size, the great white shark (also known as the great white) is considered a predator of marine mammals. It is known for its size, with the largest believed to exceed six meters (20 feet) in length.

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Can the scales of a shark cut human skin?

Sharks have dentricles or bony platelets not scales. Their skin will slice human skin like rows of tiny blades. Though the cuts are straight and many, they do not cut through the skin of humans. They can rub your skin to try and tear or cause abrasion to sense if you are prey. But, once they do not detect fish, they should move on. That has been my experience of being rubbed by sharks.

Ken the Shark Wrangler, www.sharkwrangler.com

Does sea world have sharks?

Yes, they're in the Wild Arctic area with the beluga whales and walruses.

Do great white sharks have to vomit up seal bones after they have digested the seal?

No. The acids in the shark's stomach are sufficiently strong to digest the bones of the prey they eat.

How sharp a great white sharks tooth?

It depends. If they are baleen whales, then basically you are looking at many, many long teeth that resembles brushes. If they are toothed whales, then the teeth may look like canines. Look at an orca whale, they're toothed. Tooth whales do have sharp teeth since they have to use then to hunt and stuff

Is it true that sharks never stop swimming?

Yes they do when they are sleeping. They tend to just float when they are asleep.

How many kinds of great white sharks?

There are about 350 types of sharks all around the world.....like goblin or basking....

Why are great white sharks deadly?

They are significantly larger than most other kinds of sharks and swim in similar areas as humans. Their common food choice is seal and humans, especially when on surfboards) are similar looking from the mind of a shark. Sharks often do not mean to kill their victims but only intent to see whether they are seal of not through a process called 'test biting'. However, their massive jaws leave bites too large for humans to survive. This is also why humans are not often eaten by sharks and usually bleed out before they can get to a hospital. Hope this helps.

Recent evidence shows that white sharks often will hit a prey item, administer a lethal bite, then wait for the prey to die, to avoid injury from struggling victims. Most humans are pulled from the water rather quickly, so the shark sometimes has no time to consume the victim. Human remains have been found numerous times in white shark stomachs, so the "mistaken identity" theory may be incorrect.

What is the biggest meat eating shark in the world?

The great White shark.

Carcharodon carcharias)

The great white shark can grow up to 7 metres and 2,240 kg, it becomes sexually mature around 15 years of age and is known to eat dolphins, porpoises and seals.

Is white sharks dangerous?

no not really because no shark actully likes the taste of human blood. the sharks mistake us for different animals that they normally eat so... they try to spit us out when they taste our blood but by the time they do that we're al ready dead!

Is a megalodons still alive?

Megalodons are extinct but some people think that they are still alive. But we can't go telling people that they are still alive because if we do that might be a lie. And we can't go down into the deep and explore because we would die from lack of oxygen and we don't have the right equipment to go down and explore. But even today people still say that they have seen megalodons.

What is the importance of a shark?

1. Bull Shark 2. Tiger Shark 3. Great White 4. Blue Shark 5. Oceanic White and Black Tips 6. Marco Sharks 7. Hammer Head 8. Lemon Sharks 8. Nurse Sharks. Bronze Whalers, Goblin Sharks are scarce and no one really knows how dangerous they are. Goblin Sharks are sharks of very Deep Oceans and are Bottom feeders. This why no one really has encountered them very much. There are no reports of deaths caused by these two sharks. The Bronze Whaler has caused some serious injuries. They have the potential to be dangerous. Thresher Sharks feed on Mackeral and are found in the Meditteranean. Sharks are very important as they are a top of the Food Chain Predator. They are perfectly adapted hunters, who remove the weak and Ill fish in the Sea. They are all specialised feeders with their own niches. The Great White is a shark of Open and Deep water prefering the Atlantic. It can increase its own body temperature raising it. All Sharks can sense 'Blood in the water' from injured fish from up to three miles away, even when it is in so many parts per million. The organ of Lorenzi, means the Shark senses it prey by the electical impulses and electrical signals, the muscles of the Fish, give off. Great Whites feed of Pinepeds Seals from South Africa to Californa. Tiger Sharks are a shark of the pacific. They come in to very shallow water near Beaches. They have attacked more Humans then the Great Whites and killed them. They are ominivorous and eat all types of food including Sea Birds. Marco Sharks are sharks of Open Water and are the fastest Sharks of the Ocean. They have been known to leap out of the water and destabilize Boats. Blue Sharks are Deep Ocean Water Sharks. They take the Survivors of plane crashes or Boats that have sunk. Oceanic White Tip and Black Tips, feed on the edge of Reefs and take sick and Injured Fish. Hammer Heads, Wobbegongs, Lemon, Nurse Sharks are all bottom feeders. The Hammer Head uses its hammer shaped head to nose around in Mud. Bull Sharks hunt in Estuarys and The Sea. They are aggressive and territorial. They are the most dangerous shark and have killed more humans than Great White and Tiger Shark. All shark attacks are accidental. If attacked by one the swimmer, diver etc should attempt to guage its eyes out or hit it on the nose, as the Shark is sensitive there. Whale Sharks are the largest and heaviest. Both the Whale and Basking Shark eats plankton so are harmless to humans.

How does the great white shark's skin and snout help it find its prey?

  • The great white shark's snout and skin help it to find its prey.
  • The snout help it by finding the essence of smell.
  • And the skin helps the great white shark by the feeling the vibration of the Ocean.

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What is the bigger a catfish or a great white shark?

well if you trhink logically A catbear weighs over 23776 kilograms and a shark can be 26 feet you do the math!!!?

Can a great white shark kill a black rhino?

Can - probably.

Would it ever have a chance to - hugely unlikely.

Rhinos aren't known to go into the ocean, and great whites aren't known to swim into rivers.

You'd have to invent a scenario where a rhino crossing a river is swept into the ocean, just when a great white happens to pass by.

In a fight which would win a great white shark or an orca or a crocodile?

The orca, no doubt. A crocodile is much smaller than an orca, and orcas are regarded as "wolves of the sea" because of their excellent hunting abilities. A pack of orcas can easily make a nice meal out of a crocodile!

Do sharks have territories?

Yes, and no. There are some passive sharks but there are sharks that are very territorial.

How big can a Carcharhinus shark tooth get?

sharks teeth grow very big. up to [55cm] that is how big sharks teeth grow.

What is the largest a Bala shark grows to?

A full grown bull shark can be around 10 to 11 meters in length. They can weigh over 320 kilograms or 700 pounds in weight. There have been cases of giant bull sharks that are as long as 13 meters in length. Such animals may weight well over 700 pounds.

What do sharks use to survive under water?

They use their gils to breat under their and their pointy teeth to kill any animals that might kill it!!!!!

Do bull sharks swim up rivers?

Yes, a Bull Shark could live in a river. Bull Sharks can survive in fresh water and have been found in the San Juan River, the Mississippi River, the Detroit River, and, many years ago, in the Missouri River.

Does pollution kill sharks?

Because the TIGER SHARK is used to eating fish and when it eats plastic bags, cans and so on it does harm to there bodies. With oil spills Tiger sharks can get stuck in the middle of them and will eventually die! that is what effects the sharks with pollution! :)

What class of vertebrate is sharks?

Sharks belong to the vertebrate group known as Fish. Specifically, they belong to the vertebrate group known as Chondrichthyes - all sharks and rays - which have skeletons of cartilage rather than bone.