Great White Sharks

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There were a series of a shark movie when I was growing up made by Steven Spielberg called "Jaws". In the movie, it depicts that there were a man killing shark attacking humans and it was destroyed in the end by a hero. And as usual, it is no doubt about what I'm trying to introduce you readers today is the shark.

There are many sharks in the world that swims in the ocean, from the Leopard Shark to the Tiger Shark to the enormous gentle giant the Whale Shark, we aren't going to talk about them yet, although eventually we will get to them one by one. Of course, the most famous of them all is the Great White Shark, all thanks to the movie as I mentioned before.

Like all sharks alike, the Great White has no real solid bones inside their body, it has a kind of soft bones called the "cartilage" which is also found in us humans, such as the in the nose, ears and between the joints. The only hard solid bones are located in its jaws, hence the movie title "Jaws". If and when a shark is being taken out of the water for too long, it can die from 1) the most obvious, lack of oxygen that it takes from the ocean and 2) it can crush itself to death by its own weight.

The Great White Shark, also known as the Carcharodon Carcharias, can be found in the warm water world wide and it can grow up to 25 ft. (or 8 m) long from nose to tail. It has rows after rows of teeth that grows out through out its life, replacing the old and damaged ones with the new and fresh ones right behind it. Each tooth can be more than 2 in. long. Wouldn't it be nice if us humans have that as well? Except for the length.

When hunting a prey, the Great White tends to "throw" its jaws out by an inch from its mouth and pull the prey back in. It's a very efficient way of hunting if you ask me. To prevent struggling prey hurting the eyes, the Great White has white eyelids that automatically covers the sensitive eye balls when hunting. It's diet includes seals, dolphins, other fish and left over whale carcass, they even eat garbage from us humans that we throw over from boats and ships.

The Great White is the world's largest and most dangerous predator shark alive. Due to its violent nature, it has been a prize target for sea anglers and by souvenir hunters for its teeth and jaws. As a result, fully grown Great Whites aren't as common as they once were.