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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. The great white shark is also known to prey upon a variety of other animals, including fish, other sharks, and seabirds. It has only one recorded natural predator, the orca.
Out of more than 500 shark species, only three are responsible for a double-digit number of fatal, unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger, and bull. [6] The oceanic whitetip has probably killed many more shipwreck and plane crash survivors, but these are not recorded in the statistics. [7] Humans are not part of a shark's normal diet.
In 1974, writer Peter Benchley published Jaws, a novel about a rogue great white shark that terrorizes the fictional Long Island coastal community of Amity. Chief of police Martin Brody, biologist Matt Hooper, and fisherman Quint hunt the shark after it kills four people. The novel was adapted as the film Jaws by Steven Spielberg in 1975.
Why do sharks attack humans? According to the Shark Research Institute, there are over 400 plus species of shark around the world, which include great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
Ever since the movie "Jaws" popularized great white sharks as predatory man-killers, people have had misconceptions about these animals. That is why researchers have been doing everything they can ...
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.)
Unconfirmed, experts are divided whether it was a bull or juvenile great white shark [49] Bruder was killed while swimming approximately 130 yards (120 m) from shore in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Both legs were bitten off. [50] Lester Stillwell, 11: July 12, 1916: Unconfirmed, experts are divided whether it was a bull or juvenile great white ...
This attack took place at Lower point, while Van der Westhuizen was swimming. Witnesses saw a commotion in the water and then a shark attacking a body. A witness paddled out on his kayak to see a shark eating a body. Then, the NSRI retrieved the body. It is believed the shark responsible was a great white shark, about 4 meters in length. [7]