Jake Zielinski
Great white sharks
Bloodthisty beast or freindly fish?
jumping great
white sharks
Great white sharks are very
fascinating creatures. Great white
sharks are one of the three most
fierce sharks in the ocean the bull
shark and the tiger shark are the
other two.
Great white sharks use their speed
and coloring to help them hunt. They
are blue-gray on the dorsal, which is
the top of the body. This helps them
to blend in with the ocean when
viewed from above. The belly, or
ventral of the great white shark is
white, which makes them hard to see
from
below. Adult great white sharks can
swim up to 43 miles per hour.
Scientists think they are so fast
because their skeletons are made
out of cartilage, not bone.
Bodies
Great white sharks have skin so
rough that it can be used as
sandpaper. They have rows of teeth
that can measure more than 2.5
inches long and can number in the
thousands. They also have good
hearing and eyesight and a keen
sense of smell. Great white sharks
can grow up to 20 feet long and can
weigh up to 5,000 pounds.
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