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White Shark Pictures |
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The great
white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is the largest
predatory fish on Earth, reaching lengths of more
than 20 feet and weighing up 5,000 lb. They are found
in coastal surface waters throughout the world, with
greater concentrations off the southern coasts of
Australia, off South Africa, California, and Mexico's
Isla Guadalupe.
Great white sharks have slate-gray upper bodies
to blend in with the rocky coastal sea floor, but
get their name from their white underbellies. They
are streamlined swimmers with powerful tails that
can propel them through the water at speeds of up
to 15 miles per hour. Great whites can leave the
water completely, breaching, when attacking prey
from underneath. Their mouths are lined with up to
3,000 serrated, triangular teeth arranged in several
rows, and they have an exceptional sense of smell
to detect prey. Great white sharks are carnivorous,
and primarily eat fish, including rays, tuna, and
smaller sharks, dolphins, porpoises, whale carcasses,
seals, fur seals and sea lions, and sometimes sea
turtles. Populations have clearly declined to a point
at which the great white shark is now considered
endangered, due to overfishing and accidental catching
in gill nets.
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Picture of great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias, breaching out of water
to seize imitation seal towed as a lure, False Bay,
South Africa
Picture #: 002922 |
Image of great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias, leaps out
of water to attack a fur seal decoy, South Africa
Picture #: 027532 |
Photo of a great
white shark attack, Carcharodon
carcharias, Gudalupe Island, Baja California,
Pacific
Picture #: 088064 |
Stock photo of Rodney
Fox, victim of a bite from a great white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, before and after surgery, South
Australia
Picture #: 085172 |
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Stock photo of great
white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Picture #: 002907 |
Photo of a great
white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, leaping
out of water to attack a fur seal pup, Arctocephalus
pusillus pusillus, South Africa
Picture #: 027530 |
Image of the formidable
teeth of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Picture #: 023940 |
Picture of a great white
shark,
Carcharodon carcharias, lunging at bait,
South Australia
Picture #: 002837 |
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Photo of great white
shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, mouth wide open showing jaws and
teeth, South Africa
Picture #: 002909 |
Image of great white
shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, white pointer, or man eater, a type
of mackerel shark, male, gaping, Guadalupe Island,
Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 035238 |
Photo of great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias, as it breaches
out of water, seizing imitation seal towed as a lure,
False Bay, South Africa
Picture #: 002896 |
Stock photo of shark
expert and shark jaw collector Dr. Gordon Hubbell
with jaws of a great white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias
Picture #: 012663 |
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Stock photo of great
white shark and divers in cage, Carcharodon carcharias,
Dangerous Reef, South Australia
Picture #: 002851 |
Photo of great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias, as it breaches
out of water, seizing imitation seal towed as a lure,
False Bay, South Africa
Picture #: 002900 |
Image of a great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias, off Guadalupe
Island, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 029296 |
Picture of a 15
foot great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias,
killed in drift net, California, East Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 002843 |
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Picture of a great white
shark, Carcharodon carcharias, South Africa
Picture #: 002910 |
Image of great white
shark, , Carcharodon carcharias, Ilse da
Gaudalupe, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 058242 |
Photo of a man in a
boat touching the nose of a great white shark, Carcharodon
carcharias, South Africa
Picture #: 002915 |
Stock photo of the dorsal
fin of a great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias,
South Africa
Picture #: 002660 |
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