Great White Shark
Aron Ramiscal Period 8 5/16/16
Habitat
Movement
Body Covering
Diet
- The shark's nose is lifted
- The lower jaw drops
- The upper jaw is pushed and the teeth are exposed
- The lower jaw is pushed forward and then upward, and then the teeth puncture the prey
- The upper jaw is snapped shut and it eats it prey (Dawes, 84)
When they eat their prey, however, they don't just chew small bites, they chew and then swallows chunks of it at a time with their 3 rows of teeth (Great White Sharks 5). It is possible for them to survive without food for 2 months (Great White Sharks 5).
Reproduction
Adaptations
Other Info
- Older than dinosaurs (Great White Shark 2)
- They are slower than an average car (Great White Shark 3)
- Their conservation status is vulnerable (Great White Shark 2)
- Carcharodon Carcharius: their scientific name (Great White Shark 3)
- Their group name is called a slew or a sliver (Shark)
- They weigh as much as 8,000 lbs. (Carcharodon Carcharius)
- Other names are white pointer, Blue pointer, man-eater, Tommy, death shark, uptail, and white death (Dawes, 84)
- Their teeth were used as arrowheads by Native Americans on the Florida coast (White Shark 2)
- Many things can be used as shark repellents, such as maleic acid (C4H4O4), copper sulfate (CuSO4), and decaying shark flesh (Shark 3)
- 1 out of 440 sharks in the world
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