Animal	Great White Shark
Scientific Name	Carcharodon carcharias
Type	Fish
Diet	Carnivore
Lifespan	70 years
Size	4.5 – 6.0 m
Weight	2267 + kg
Domain	Eukaryote
Phylum	Chordata
Conservation status	Least concern > Near threatened > Vulnerable > Endangered > Critically endangered > Extinct in the wild > Extinct

Great white sharks are the largest fish on earth, averaging about 4.5 meters in length and weighing 2267.9 kilograms. When a mother shark gives birth to around twelve pups, they each swim away and lead a solitary life. The mother might see them as prey. Even at birth, baby sharks are around 1.5 meters. Although sharks are at the top of the ocean food chain, pups still have to make sure to avoid predators larger than themselves, which can include other great white sharks.

Pups eat stingrays, fish, and other sharks. As they age, their favorite prey switches to sea mammals, seals and sea lions for the most part. They have 400 triangular teeth. When hunting, they use the surprise element. When they see prey at the water’s surface, they position themselves under. Then, propelling with their tail, they quickly swim straight up, breach out of the water, and land back in, eating the prey. They eat by ripping off parts of meat and swallowing without chewing.

Although not much valid data on the population of this shark species is recorded, it is agreed by scientists that numbers are decreasing due to getting caught in fishing nets by mistake and overfishing.