The Great White Shark by Chase

The Great White Shark

I did research about the Great White Shark. I picked this animal because it is my favorite animal. I already know what it eats, how many teeth it loses, and how long it can survive without food. Great Whites are an amazing animal.

The Great White is gray and white in color. It can grow from 5 feet to 32 feet. The Great White can weigh anywhere from 1,500lbs to 4,500lbs. It has gray on the top of its body and white on the bottom, making it perfect for camouflage.

Great Whites will eat anything. Scientists once cut open a Great White and found deer antlers, a license plate, and a credit card. Great Whites favorite meal is a seal. Great Whites attack from below to catch their prey.

A Great White lives in the ocean and can be found in most parts of the world. It will not be found in cold water, which means it will not be found in either the arctic ocean or the antarctic ocean, but it will be near all the other continents with warm, temperate waters. But it must be salt water, it cannot survive in fresh water.

Now, I will tell you about how the Great Whites travel, what sounds they make, and how it lives. They move by using its powerful caudal (tail fin) to move swiftly through the water. The Great White does not make any sounds, not surprisingly. The Great White does not live in a shiver, also known as a group, it always lives alone.

The Great White effects humans by either eating humans or being eaten by humans. Humans like their taste and eat them in sushi. However, sharks will eat humans but usually because they have mistaken them for a seal. Sharks are also used as decorations. Humans like to collect their teeth and jaws.

Some interesting facts about the shark is that the mother Great Whites only see their pups as prey. Most sharks do not survive their first year because other bigger sharks may eat them. When a Great White loses its teeth another one grows back to replace it. It is like a conveyor belt. Once one tooth gets off there is always another one coming.

The National Geographic Kids once quoted “Sharks swallow food whole. They can last a month or two without another big meal.” Nancy Ellwood and Nancy Perish, who wrote Sharkpedia said, “Great Whites are a rare species.”  

In conclusion, I wanted to learn if sharks are mammals. Because they are born alive and swallow air. But they are not mammals, they are classified a fish. Another weird and scary fact is that Great Whites are born 5 feet long. I got most of my information from Sharkpedia, National Geographic Kids, and Shark Wikipedia.