

Great White Shark – Carcharodon carcharias – taken at Guadalupe Island, Mexico

However, Great Whites are also most fascinating, revealing much about the physical features, habitats, diet and breeding patterns of sharks in general. This remains one of mankind’s most feared sharks, both because of inaccurate information and because The Great White Shark has, indeed, been responsible for a number of attacks (sometimes fatal) on swimmers, surfers and divers. (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Endangered Species list. This is more than three times the length of the average human! These sharks can live for anywhere between 30 and 100 years and reach sexual maturity at about 15 years of age. It reaches an average length of between four and six metres. The Great White Shark belongs to the Lamniformes and is one of the largest predatory fish in the world.
