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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 ...
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English: Comparison of size of killer whale (Orcinus orca) and great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).This image assumes an average length of 4.6 metres for a great white shark (males measure 3.4 to 4.0 m (11 to 13 ft), and females measure 4.6 to 4.9 m (15 to 16 ft) on average), and 6.5 metres for a killer whale (males typically range from 6 to 8 metres (20 to 26 ft) and females from 5 to ...
Keji was tagged by OCEARCH near Ironbound Island Nova Scotia on Sept. 22, 2021. At the time, the male juvenile white shark measured 9 feet 7 inches and weighed in at 578 pounds. Great white sharks ...
Its Western North Atlantic White Shark Study is one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks in the world and includes a full health assessment of each shark, microbiological ...
A great white shark with a white film covering its body was observed off the coast of Southern California. - Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.
Greenland shark: Somniosus microcephalus: 7.3 [8] 9: Beluga sturgeon: Huso huso: 7.2 [9] 10: Great white shark: Carcharodon carcharias: 7.1 (disputed) [10] [11] [12] 11: Pacific sleeper shark: Somniosus pacificus: 7 [13] 12: Common thresher shark: Alopias vulpinus: 6.5 [14] 13: Goblin shark: Mitsukurina owstoni: 6.2 [15] 14: Great hammerhead ...
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.