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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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Why do people call lemon sharks lemon sharks?

because of the yellow (lemon) and brown skin it appears to look like a lemony yellow color.

What sharks are Nocturnal?

All of them. Sharks never sleep and are always looking for a meal. Of course, some are more active at night than others. If a shark were to stop swimming at any time, it would sink to the bottom of the ocean!

How big does the sleeper shark grow too?

There are 17 different species of sleeper shark so it would depend on which species you mean.

Can bull sharks go in non salted water?

No they would survive but soon they wont be able to breath because they would be used to breathing salted water so they would die.

What kind of fish does killer sharks eat?

Killer sharks eat fish, dolphins, boats, blood, animals that are big, other sharks, and last and least water.

What is the weigh of the great white?

Great Whites are one of the largest species of Sharks known to Man. Adults great whites are on an average between 4 to 5 meters (13 to 17 feet) in length. Large Great Whites are known to be around 6 meters (20 feet) in length. Females are generally larger than males. They can weigh an average of around 700 to 1100 kilograms (1500 to 2400 pounds). Giant great whites of weights upto 2200 kilograms (5000 pounds) have been caught by fishermen.

Are there great white sharks in the Caribbean?

There have been 27 confirmed incidences of Great White Sharks in mallorcan waters between the 1920's and 1970's including 7 confirmed predations on marine mammals, mainly cetaceans (whales, porpoises, dolphins) and turtles since 1990.

The mediterranean has historically been a major breeding ground for Great White Sharks, the first ever documented record of sharks anywhere was by Herodotus in 492BC who described sharks (most likely Great White Sharks) attacking and "devouring" sailors, in the Med.

Unfortunately, the Med's once healthy Great White population has been in steady decline due to the increase in industrial fishing in the last 50 years and now, sightings of Great White Sharks in the Mediterranean are unfortunately rare.

Can a hippo breathe underwater?

The hippopotamus is a mammal and uses its lungs to breathe. Because its nostrils are located on top, it can still breathe while remaining mostly underwater. When fully submerged, the hippopotamus can hold its breath for a maximum of five minutes.

Biotic and abiotic factors of a great white shark?

There are many abiotic factors of a sea otter habitat including the water. Another abiotic factors of this habitat is the sand and rocks.

Is the shark a fish or an mammal?

Shark are mammals since they give birth to the sharks rather than lay eggs. While the sharks are in the stomach they are alive swimming in there. They usually tend to eat each other, while still n there.

Answer

Some sharks lay eggs. Some give birth to live young. Sharks are cartilaginous fish, Class Chondrichthyes. They have backbones which makes them vertebrates and they have fins, jaws and a type of scale called denticles and are aquatic like all jawed fish. Sharks are not mammals as they do not have hair and do not suckle their young.

Are sharks attracted to other sharks blood?

They do have very well developed sensory organs that can smell blood (any blood) over a long distance. They do not show interest for sharks' blood over any other kind, though. (Note: recent studies have shown that in fact sharks are no better at detecting blood in the water then any other fish.)

How does a great white shark obtain it's food?

from food speficially protein from other fish they eat, the same as any living creature except like, plants.

Do dolphins kill the same amount of people as sharks?

Killer whales are not considered dangerous to humans and do not prey on humans. There are accounts of killer whales turning on their keepers in Sea-world etc but these 'attacks' are extremely rare and the killer whale's in these instances did not attack the humans for food, more likely the attacks were due to frustration at being kept in captivity. Killer whales are quite capable of attacking and killing humans but choose not to, we are simply not on the menu. Sharks on the other hand are less fussy about which animals they prey on and if the shark is big enough and of the predatory variety then humans can be very much on the menu. Great whites, Bull sharks, Tiger sharks and Mako sharks kill between 3 and 4 people every year. When you compare this number to crocodiles who kill around 3000 people a year or tigers who kill hundreds of people a year it is quite clear that sharks have an undeserved reputation and the movie Jaws has a great deal to do with this.

How are Great white sharks born?

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Can a great white shark kill an elephant?

There's a difference between being able to, and having the chance to.

Elephants very rarely swim in the ocean, and great whites very rarely swim far upriver.

So while a great white quite probably have the teeth and jaws to take an elephant apart, it's very unlikely that the two animals would ever meet.

How many great white sharks are left?

I THINK 10 ARE back
there are roughly 3,500 great whites left, now becoming more endangerd than tiger sharks.

How can you help great white sharks?

to helpt he sharks you should stop setting up tuna nets as the sharks get caught up in the net and they panic and make the situation worse!!

sharks play a big role in the underwater eco system!!

so stop shark finning and save the sharks.

Do great white sharks eat otters?

Yes. Great White sharks prey upon fish (like Tuna, Rays etc), other smaller species of Sharks, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea turtles, sea otters and even sea birds. They prefer prey that has a high content of energy rich fat. They usually hunt early in the morning before the sun rises fully, when the visibility is poor

Why was the great white fleet important?

The U.S. navy was named the Great White Fleet that completed a trip through parts of the globe from December 1907 to February 1909. President Roosevelt sent sixteen battleships along with escorts to demonstrate the U.S.'s eminent military and the exceedingly powerful navy adequacy. Through the fleet, Theodore Roosevelt sought to protect their overseas aquisitions and enforce treaties

Where is the most popular place for sharks to be found?

Near Cape Town there is a fishing village called Gansbaai which is called Shark Alley which is known for the large quantities of great whites. And at the mouth of Kosi bay is a lot of bull sharks.

Is the Great White Shark a vertebrate?

Yes, the Great White Sharks are vertebrates. In fact, all fishes and sharks are vertebrates.

What sea animal kills sharks?

A killer whale, electric eel, pods of dolphins and also sharks are cannibals which means the eat each other. But it depends on which shark and their size like the great white's size is massive and others that are smaller like the port jackson shark. Hope that helped. ;)

How do you tell if a Great White Shark is a boy or girl?

If you are able to handle the shark, flip it over on it's back. Look on the underside of the shark, right in between it's lower fins by the tail. You will see the genitals. Male nurse sharks will have long fin like appendeges hanging on both sides of the genitals. These are called "claspers". These aide the male in mating with the female. Female nurse sharks will not have these claspers.