Mistress of the seas - the great white shark

Great White Shark - one of the most feared predators in nature. White shark, though not a "fierce cannibal" how it portrayed in a horror movie "Jaws", but still a creature terrifies the inhabitants of the underwater depths of his power and speed. We bring you the 20 pictures of this wonderful master of the seas.




1. The great white shark is well known for its size - it is known that the largest members of the species have reached or even exceeded 6 meters in length and weigh up to 2,268 kg. (LITHIUM112 on deviantART)



2. Puberty white shark reaches the age of 15, and the average life expectancy of sharks - 30 years. (TERRY GOSS)



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5. Great white sharks live in almost all coastal waters, where the temperature ranges from 12 to 24 ° C. (SHARKDIVER.COM)



6. Large populations are found off the coast of the United States, South Africa, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile and the Mediterranean Sea. (SCOTT RETTIG)



7. One of the largest groups of lives around the island of Dyer in South Africa. (OCEANFILMFEST)



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10. Great White Sharks protective coloration: belly light, and gray dorsal fin (sometimes brown or blue). (GEORGE PROBST)



11. This allows the colors to confuse prey, because it blurs the side silhouette of a predator. (VENSON KUCHIPUDI)



12. On top of a darker shade blends with the sea, and the bottom seems small silhouette on the background of water penetrating through the sun. (D.J. SCHUESSLER)



13. White Shark - predators, they feed mainly on fish (tuna, rays, other sharks), cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, whales), pinnipeds (seals, fur seals, sea lions), turtles, otters and even sea birds. (SPENCER LATTIMER)



14. Little is known about the great white shark in terms of its behavior during mating season. (GEORGE PROBST)



15. Scientists have never seen the process of calving, although pregnant females examined more than once. (GEORGE PROBST)



16. White Shark - viviparous animals (ie, the eggs develop and hatch in the uterus and continue to develop before birth). (GREAT WHITE SHARK DIVING)



17. The gestation period of white sharks - 11 months. Powerful jaws begin to flutter baby in the first month. (PIXELEATER on deviantART)



18. unborn sharks cannibals: a strong young eat the weak directly into the uterus. Birth takes place in spring or summer. (PATRIC DOUGLAS / SHARKDIVER.COM)



19. Although the white shark is considered a predator of the highest order (ie, they have no enemies in its own form), and sometimes, though very rarely, they can hunt larger whale. (VENSON KUCHIPUDI)



20. Mutual competition between white sharks and killer whales may occur in areas where their eating habits intersect. (VENSON KUCHIPUDI)



Source: bigpicture.ru