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  2. Great white shark - Wikipedia

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    Great white sharks can swim at speeds of 25 km/h (16 mph) [9] for short bursts and to depths of 1,200 m (3,900 ft). [10] The great white shark is arguably the world's largest-known extant macropredatory fish, and is one of the primary predators of marine mammals, such as pinnipeds and dolphins.

  3. 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]

  4. Deep Blue (great white shark) - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. 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.

  6. They can be the size of great white sharks and they swim in ...

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    Shark research is hard to get funding for, in part, because sharks aren’t a commercial species. Yet the irony is that they affect commercial species, namely fish populations.

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

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    White sharks, often referred to as great whites, were made famous by the 1970s hit movie “Jaws.” They roam the ocean searching for their favorite food, marine mammals, and were once hunted ...

  8. Shark - Wikipedia

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    Select examples include the bull shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin soup. Many shark populations are threatened by human activities. Since 1970, shark populations have been reduced by 71%, mostly from overfishing. [7]

  9. One of the biggest great white sharks ever caught on tape - AOL

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    She is one of the biggest great white sharks ever filmed and. Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico ...