By: Lucero And Kristina The Great White Shark By: Lucero And Kristina

Common Name :The Great White Shark Scientific Name: Carcharodon Carcharias

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Lamniformes Family: Lamnidae Genus: Carcharodon Species: C. carcharias

size is about 6 m (20 ft), with a "normal" maximum weight of about 1,900 kg (4,200 lb). The females are generally larger than males .

The Great White is found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans.

Great white sharks are carnivorous and primarily eat fish (including rays tuna and smaller sharks) dolphins, porpoises, whale carcasses and pinnipeds such as seals, fur seals and sea lions and sometimes sea turtles.

2 Facts It is the only surviving species of its genus. have rows of teeth behind the main ones, allowing any that break off to be rapidly replaced they’re serrated and when the shark bites it will shake its head side to side and the teeth will act as a saw and tear off large chunks of flesh.

Many attacks occur in waters with low visibility, or other situations in which the shark's senses are impaired. It has been speculated that the species typically does not like the taste of humans, or at least that the taste is unfamiliar.