Great White Shark

By:Derek Zhu

Characteristics

• The great white shark is a

fish and is cold blooded.

They are vertebrates.

• They can be 20 feet wide

and 3,000 pounds.

• Unlike games sharks

don’t be sent to hunt

people.

Habitat

• They live in temperate

oceans.

• They mainly live on the coast

of North America and south

Africa.

• They also live in the Atlantic ,

Pacific and Indian Oceans.

• They live near islands ,

coasts , reefs, etc.

Food

• They are carnivores.

• It tears up meat then

swallows it .

• It eats tuna , salmon ,

squid and herring.

• They also eat seals ,

sea lions , dolphins and

penguins.

Fun Facts

• A great white’s teeth was used to

make arrow heads.

• A great white shark pokes its

head out to sniff prey.

• People from the Pacific Islands

used to make razor blades from

the teeth of the great white shark.

• All are capable of eating sea lions

whole.

• In two years they can eat 22 tons

of food.