Great White Shark

Made famouse by the 70's classic "JAWS", the mysterious and misunderstood Great White Shark is now on the Endangered species list.

Scientific Name

Carcharodon Carcharias

Distribution

Greater concentrations off the southern coasts of Australia, off South Africa, California, Mexico's Isla Guadalupe and to a degree in the Central Mediterranean, Adriatic Seas and New Zealand

Size

4–4.8 metres (13–16 ft) and has a mass of 680–1,100 kilograms (1,500–2,400 lb)

Conservation

Endangered species

Facts

The great white shark can be considered an endothermic poikilotherm, because its body temperature is not constant but is internally regulated.

Danger stats

In the Mediterranean Sea there were 31 confirmed attacks against humans in the last two centuries, only a small number of them deadly.