GREAT WHITE SHARK

LIFE AND NATURAL HISTORY

• Great white sharks are at the very top of the marine food chain.
• They are only responsible for about 5-10 attacks a year, which are rarely fatal
• The great white sharks can smell a seal colony from two miles away.

WHY WE NEED SHARKS

• The role of sharks is to keep other Marine life in ocean healthy
• The prospects of a food chain is to keep sharks healthy and other animals
• The shark play a vital role in the food chain

TEETH

• Shark teeth are something like the teeth of a land predator
• They have very sharp points that will cut into meat.
• There are a wide variety of shark teeth, just as there are a wide variety

SENSES

• One of the main reasons sharks are such effective predators is their keenly attuned senses.
• Initially, scientist thought of sharks as giant swimming noses.
• The sharks nose is definitely one of its most impressive feature

ANCESTORS

• An ancestor of the great white shark had the most powerful bite on earth, scientist have found.
• The oldest fossil found was from the great white shark
• We may think the great whites are massive, but their ancestors would likely have made them appear midgets

FUN FACT

• Great white sharks largest predator fish in the sea