Great White Shark

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The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is a large predatory shark found in waters throughout the world. They became popularized by the movie Jaws and can be dangerous to humans due to their tendency to stay near coasts.

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The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is a large predatory shark found in waters throughout the world. They became popularized by the movie Jaws and can be dangerous to humans due to their tendency to stay near coasts.

Top 50 Great White Shark Videos - Shark Week - Discovery
Count down the top 45 most jaw-dropping great white shark videos from Discovery Channel.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/videos/great-white-shark-videos/
Great White Shark - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
The great white shark, also known as the white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large lamniform shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark
Great White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) - A-Z Animals
Facts about great white sharks found on A-Z Animals
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/great-white-shark/
Great White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias - MarineBio
Find out what's known about Great White Sharks including their world range and habitats, feeding behaviors, life history, ecology, reproduction, and conservation status.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=38
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias - ARKive
Learn more about the Great white shark - with amazing Great white shark videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/great-white-shark/carcharodon-carcharias/
Great White Sharks - Species - WWF
The great white shark population is decreasing due to years of being hunted by man for fins and teeth, and often as a trophy for sport fishing. Learn more about what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/great-white-shark
Great White Sharks - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about great white sharks with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/great-white-shark
Carcharodon carcharias (Great White Shark)
Facts about Great White Sharks including population statistics and endangerment status from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3855/0
Great White Shark Facts - Business Insider
In the documentary series "Inside Nature's Giants," a team of experts dissect a great white to understand more about its behavior and evolution.
http://www.businessinsider.com/great-white-shark-facts-2015-9
Sharks Return to Cape Cod: Gray Seals are the Bait
Story on the return of great white sharks to Cape Cod due to animal conservation program.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/sharks_return_to_cape_cod_gray_seals_are_the_bait.html
VIDEO: Great White Shark Rescue Cape Cod
The 14-foot long adult male great white washed up alive on Whitecrest Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on Sunday
http://www.people.com/article/great-white-shark-rescue-cape-cod-beach-video
Do Great White Sharks Grow Forever? - Livescience
A marine scientist is dwarfed by what is being called the biggest shark ever caught on camera in a recent video taken near Mexico's Guadalupe Island. How did this 20-foot-long (6 meters) great white Internet sensation become such a behemoth?
http://www.livescience.com/51910-do-great-white-sharks-grow-forever.html
Great White Shark Facts - Animal Fact Guide
Great white sharks have several rows of sharp, serrated teeth that can number into the thousands. Learn more about great whites at Animal Fact Guide.
http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/great-white-shark/
Adelaide Divers Detail the Moment a Great White Shark Attacked Sam Kellett
Witnesses told of the devastating moment they saw a five metre come out of the water and take their friend, Sam Kellett, 28, leaving bright red blood in the water, on Goldsmith Beach in South Australia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3253103/Divers-moment-five-metre-great-white-shark-ate-friend-trip-leaving-weight-belt-speargun-pool-blood.html

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Great white shark Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Male off Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

Size comparison with human
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1] (Global)
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[2] (Europe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	Lamnidae
Genus:	Carcharodon A. Smith, 1838
Species:	C. carcharias
Binomial name
*Carcharodon carcharias* ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Great white shark range according to the IUCN (2018) Extant (resident) Possibly extant (resident)
Synonyms
Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758 Carharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) Squalus caninus Osbeck, 1765 Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817 Squalus vulgaris Richardson, 1836 Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836) Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838 Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838 Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839 Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848 Carcharias maso Morris, 1898 Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Top 50 Great White Shark Videos - Shark Week - Discovery
Count down the top 45 most jaw-dropping great white shark videos from Discovery Channel.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/videos/great-white-shark-videos/
Great White Shark - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
The great white shark, also known as the white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large lamniform shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark
Great White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) - A-Z Animals
Facts about great white sharks found on A-Z Animals
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/great-white-shark/
Great White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias - MarineBio
Find out what's known about Great White Sharks including their world range and habitats, feeding behaviors, life history, ecology, reproduction, and conservation status.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=38
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias - ARKive
Learn more about the Great white shark - with amazing Great white shark videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/great-white-shark/carcharodon-carcharias/
Great White Sharks - Species - WWF
The great white shark population is decreasing due to years of being hunted by man for fins and teeth, and often as a trophy for sport fishing. Learn more about what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/great-white-shark
Great White Sharks - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about great white sharks with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/great-white-shark
Carcharodon carcharias (Great White Shark)
Facts about Great White Sharks including population statistics and endangerment status from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3855/0
Great White Shark Facts - Business Insider
In the documentary series "Inside Nature's Giants," a team of experts dissect a great white to understand more about its behavior and evolution.
http://www.businessinsider.com/great-white-shark-facts-2015-9
Sharks Return to Cape Cod: Gray Seals are the Bait
Story on the return of great white sharks to Cape Cod due to animal conservation program.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/sharks_return_to_cape_cod_gray_seals_are_the_bait.html
VIDEO: Great White Shark Rescue Cape Cod
The 14-foot long adult male great white washed up alive on Whitecrest Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on Sunday
http://www.people.com/article/great-white-shark-rescue-cape-cod-beach-video
Do Great White Sharks Grow Forever? - Livescience
A marine scientist is dwarfed by what is being called the biggest shark ever caught on camera in a recent video taken near Mexico's Guadalupe Island. How did this 20-foot-long (6 meters) great white Internet sensation become such a behemoth?
http://www.livescience.com/51910-do-great-white-sharks-grow-forever.html
Great White Shark Facts - Animal Fact Guide
Great white sharks have several rows of sharp, serrated teeth that can number into the thousands. Learn more about great whites at Animal Fact Guide.
http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/great-white-shark/
Adelaide Divers Detail the Moment a Great White Shark Attacked Sam Kellett
Witnesses told of the devastating moment they saw a five metre come out of the water and take their friend, Sam Kellett, 28, leaving bright red blood in the water, on Goldsmith Beach in South Australia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3253103/Divers-moment-five-metre-great-white-shark-ate-friend-trip-leaving-weight-belt-speargun-pool-blood.html

Great white shark Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Male off Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

Size comparison with human
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1] (Global)
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[2] (Europe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	Lamnidae
Genus:	Carcharodon A. Smith, 1838
Species:	C. carcharias
Binomial name
*Carcharodon carcharias* ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Great white shark range according to the IUCN (2018) Extant (resident) Possibly extant (resident)
Synonyms
Squalus carcharias Linnaeus, 1758 Carharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) Squalus caninus Osbeck, 1765 Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, 1810 Carcharias verus Cloquet, 1817 Squalus vulgaris Richardson, 1836 Carcharias vulgaris (Richardson, 1836) Carcharodon smithii Agassiz, 1838 Carcharodon smithi Bonaparte, 1838 Carcharodon rondeletii Müller & Henle, 1839 Carcharodon capensis Smith, 1839 Carcharias atwoodi Storer, 1848 Carcharias maso Morris, 1898 Carcharodon albimors Whitley, 1939

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Great White Shark

The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is a large predatory shark found in waters throughout the world. They became popularized by the movie Jaws and can be dangerous to humans due to their tendency to stay near coasts.

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