great white shark. size they grow to an average of 15 feet -20 feet

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Great White Shark

Size• They grow to an average of 15 feet -20 feet

Weight

Great whites can weigh up to 4500 lbs. !

Food

These types of sharks are carnivorous and they predominantly eat fish, tuna, rays, cetaceans, dolphins, whales, porpoises, seals, fur seals, sea lions, sea turtles, seabirds, pinnipeds, and sea otters. Great white sharks are also known to eat waste materials which they are usually unable to digest.

Habitat

Great white sharks live in almost all coastal and offshore waters which have water temperature between 12 and 24 °C (54 and 75 °F).

Facts

26 triangular-shaped and serrated teeth in upper jaw24 more pointed teeth lower jaw

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