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The largest male white shark ever caught, tagged and released is approaching Florida's east coast, near Jacksonville. Contender, a 13.8-foot, 1,653 pound adult shark, was tagged on Jan. 17 in the ...
Footage shows a gigantic, adult, 1,653-pound great white shark getting tagged for research last month. The 13-foot, 9-inch predator, Contender, was tagged on Jan. 17 near the Florida-Georgia ...
This shark is heavily fished for its large fins, [4] [5] which are valuable on the Chinese market as the main ingredient of shark fin soup. [6] As a result, great hammerhead populations are declining substantially worldwide, and it has been assessed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as of 2019.
While more sharks than you’ll notice will be swimming near you during spring break in Myrtle Beach, SC, here’s why you shouldn’t worry too much.
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.
Ptychodus was a large shark, previously estimated at 10 meters (33 feet) long based on extrapolation from teeth. [13] [14] The subadult specimen with the largest vertebra showed that it could reach lengths of 4.3–7.07 m (14.1–23.2 ft), so a 10 m (33 ft) length is possible, but more analysis is required for verification. [15]
Researchers have discovered evidence pointing to the first known case of a porbeagle shark — which can grow up to 12 feet long and 500 pounds — being killed by a large shark predator.
The Galapagos shark can be difficult to distinguish from other large requiem sharks. One of the largest species in its genus, the Galapagos shark commonly reaches 3.0 m (9.8 ft) long. The maximum length has been variously recorded as 3.3 m (11 ft) to 3.7 m (12 ft). [8]