The Great white shark

• The Great white is a flesh eating shark. It's scientific name is Carcharodon Carcharias, The same genus as the Megalodon. 
• Great white can grow up to 20 feet in length and can weigh about 1905 kg. 
• They have about 300 teeth in 5 rows. In a lifetime, they have about 3000 teeth.
• It preys on marine mammals and requires an estimated 30 kg of food a day. It can swim to top speeds of 35 mph.
• Great whites have a lifespan of 70 human years. It's infancy is marked till 20 human years of age. 
• It can swim to depths of 3900 feet. They are of 4 feet when born and they grow 25 cm each year. 
• They can detect the heartbeat of the prey! They have sensory organs that allow them to detect the electrical currents of the prey within a radius of 100 meters !
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• They also use a technique called electroreception.
• can use their acute electric sense to detect the Earth's magnetic field by detecting the weak electric currents induced by swimming or by the flow of water.

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