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Carcharodon albimorsWhitley, 1939. The great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon.
In 1984, Monterey Bay Aquarium's first attempt to display a great white shark lasted 11 days, ending when the shark died because it did not eat. Through a later program named Project White Shark, six white sharks were exhibited between 2004 and 2011 in the Open Sea community exhibit, which was constructed in the 1990s.
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The great white shark named Jekyll is a juvenile, weighing in at nearly 400 pounds. This species of shark can live up to 70 years, grow up to 21 feet long and weigh up to 4,500 pounds, according ...
Johnson has tagged great white sharks for research purposes. His major scientific discoveries have been the satellite tracking of Nicole (a 3.6 m great white shark) on a return migration from South Africa to Australia and back, and documenting the great white shark hunting Cape fur seal at night time, a previously unknown behavior. Between 2001 ...
LeeBeth is a 14.1-foot, 2,600-pound female great white shark. On December 8, a satellite tag was placed on her by Captain Chip Michalove of Outcast Sport Fishing off the coast of South Carolina, ...
A pop-off satellite tag belonging to one the great white sharks in OCEARCH’s global shark tracker research program has washed up on the shores of Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County.. With the ...
Deep Blue (great white shark) Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long or bigger and is now sixty years old. She is believed to be one of the biggest ever recorded in history. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. Deep Blue was featured on the Discovery Channel's ...