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  2. Great white shark - Wikipedia

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    Ferreira describes the four encounters with the giant shark he participated in with great detail in his book Great White Sharks On Their Best Behavior. [79] One contender in maximum size among the predatory sharks is the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). While tiger sharks, which are typically both a few feet smaller and have a leaner, less ...

  3. Lamnidae - Wikipedia

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    The Lamnidae are the family of mackerel sharks known as white sharks. [2] They are large, fast-swimming predatory fish found in oceans worldwide, though they prefer environments with colder water. The name of the family is formed from the Greek word lamna, which means "fish of prey", and was derived from the Greek legendary creature, the Lamia. [3]

  4. Lamniformes - Wikipedia

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    Mackerel sharks, also called white sharks, are large, fast-swimming sharks, found in oceans worldwide. They include the great white, the mako, porbeagle shark, and salmon shark. Mackerel sharks have pointed snouts, spindle-shaped bodies, and gigantic gill openings. The first dorsal fin is large, high, stiff and angular or somewhat rounded.

  5. Mystery: Cause of death for Koala, a great white shark found ...

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    The organization also developed a free app called Sharktivity, which tracks the presence of white sharks swimming in Massachusetts' coastal waters using real-time receivers. The app has more than ...

  6. How a wandering white shark's epic journey could provide ...

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    As sharks go, LeeBeth is something like a long-haul trucker with gills and giant teeth. Swimmers at the beach might not be excited to see the 14-foot (4.3-meter) white shark, but scientists ...

  7. This Swimmer Stays Calm When a Great White Shark Darts ... - AOL

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    Even though great white sharks aren’t known to hunt people, attacks do happen. Four of the 10 fatal attacks in 2023 were done by great white sharks (one in California and three in Australia.)

  8. Carcharodon - Wikipedia

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    Carcharodon (meaning "jagged/sharp tooth") [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]

  9. Great white shark weighing 1,500 pounds washes onto ... - AOL

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    Great white sharks are known to travel down the East Coast and into the Gulf of Mexico during the winter, experts say. It’s believed the migration has to do with a pursuit of prey and warmer ...