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The name 'great white shark' likely comes from the shark's size, as well as the white underside exposed on beached sharks. The English name 'white shark' and its Australian variant 'white pointer' [ 21 ] is thought to have come from the shark's stark white underside, a characteristic feature most noticeable in beached sharks lying upside down ...
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Haole Girl is the nickname given to a female great white shark that is considered to be one of the largest great whites. The shark has been seen in Hawaii where it was spotted feeding on a whale carcass. The shark was initially thought to be Deep Blue, another large great white. However, researchers have claimed the shark spotted in Oahu ...
The shark is believed to be an ancestor of the great white shark. It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm (3.5 inches) in length, while adults could grow to near seven meters in ...
Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico, nearly 165 miles away from mainland. She is one of the ...
Rosie is a preserved great white shark located at Crystal World Exhibition Centre in Devon Meadows, Australia.She was originally preserved in a glass tank of formaldehyde on display at Wildlife Wonderland in Bass, Victoria [1] which closed in 2012 due to animal welfare concerns and operating without appropriate licences. [2]
Carcharodon (meaning "jagged/sharp tooth" in Ancient Greek) [2] is a genus of sharks within the family Lamnidae, colloquially called the "white sharks." The only extant member is the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Extinct species include C. hubbelli and C. hastalis. [3]
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