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Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long or larger and is now sixty years old. She is believed to be one of the largest ever recorded in history. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. Deep Blue was featured on the Discovery Channel's Shark Week.
Greenland shark meat is produced and eaten in Iceland where, today, it is known as a delicacy called hákarl. To make the shark safe for human consumption, it is first fermented and then dried in a process that can take multiple months. The shark was traditionally fermented by burying the meat in gravel pits near the ocean for at least several ...
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The largest male white shark ever tagged by the research group OCEARCH was spotted in Florida waters. The shark, named Contender, was first tagged and released by OCEARCH on Jan. 17.
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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).
These massive creatures are the largest predatory fish in the world and routinely hunt large mammals such as sea lions, sea turtles, whales, otters, and seals. Coming face to face in open water ...
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, [4] after the whale shark. It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length.