Did You Know...Great White Shark?

TOP INFO

COMMON NAME: Great White Shark

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carcharodon carcharias

TYPE: Fish

DIET: Carnivore

GROUP NAME: School, shoal

SIZE: 15 feet to more than 20 feet

WEIGHT: 2.5 tons or more

SIZE RELATIVE TO A BUS

FACTS:

• Great White Sharks live and hunt on the coast of every continent in the world the except Antarctica.

• They generally prefer to live in cooler waters that have temperatures ranging from 54-75° fahrenheit.

• Most of the world’s Great White Sharks live off the coast of Dyer Island, in South Africa, this area is also referred to as “Shark Alley.”

• Though they tend stay to close to the shore in shallower waters, they have been spotted swimming in open waters at depths of up to 3,900 feet.