Friday, October 28, 2011

Facts About Great White Sharks

If you want to embark on an exciting trip in the sea, then why not consider swimming with the great white sharks. Today, some tourism industry in different countries boost the concept of cage diving wherein tourists dive the waters infested with great whites protected by a solid titanium shark cage. This is a great opportunity to be in the water together with the shark.

Not all individuals have substantial knowledge and information regarding this animal. Nor do they know the great places locations to find them. The common size of great white shark ranges from four meters to five meters in length and usually weighs around 700 to 1000 kilograms.

While the female sharks are lengthier and stouter than the males. This particular shark is carnivorous in nature and they feed on different marine life including big fishes, sting rays, sea lions, dolphins and seals. Aside from these marine animals, they are also known to ingest things that are not part of their diet including buoys and even floating garbage.

Great white sharks have powerful senses; they can detect electromagnetic fields in the water. Due to their built and evolutionary advantage, they are considered as prime predators in the food web. Elimination of their presence offsets the balance of the food chain which create ecological imbalance. In most places, the absence of great whites increased the population of seals, dolphins and other animals.

An increase in numbers of key preys will cause an ecological imbalance. One fact we need to be aware of is that white sharks have a very minimal reproduction rate, the female white sharks can only reproduce seven to nine off springs, twice in her whole life span. Currently, they are a lot of efforts worldwide to conserve the great white sharks, though its name itself brings fear to most of the individual, These animals that are coexisting with us for the past millions of years are really vital elements of this existing life cycle.

These animals are found all over the world and they prefer to live in waters that have temperature from 12 0C to 24 0C. They are found in places like South Africa, Kenya, California, Mexico and Australia. Moreover, they are also found in places like Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius.

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