Great white sharks
Great white sharksThe Great White shark, also known as the white death, is considered the most
dangerous shark in the waters. The Great White has a conical instead of a flattened
snout, black eyes, and large, serrated, arrowhead-shaped teeth. The upper and lower
lobes of the tail are almost equal in size, and the body is blue or brown-gray, not white,
except on its belly. The Great White is found in temperate waters throughout the worlds
oceans, and it is important, though not common, predator in California’s coastal habitat.
The waters off central California offer a rich bounty of food for white sharks, and
every summer and fall, they actively feed in nearshore areas. The Farallan Islands, a
national wildlife refuge about twenty-seven miles off San Francisco, is a common
feeding ground for the great white. The coastal waters along central California, especially
around the Ano Nuevo State Reserve and along the Marin Headlands, are another
common area for white sharks. In the summer the sharks move to the coasts of Oregon
and occasionally the Gulf of Alaska, and in the fall, they turn south and move along the
offshore islands. They are also found in great numbers in the Australian waters.
The great white is a very agile killer that hunts mostly anything in the ocean. They
are carnivorous...
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