Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Status: vulnerable

Size: up to 21 feet long approx.

Weight: hup to 7,500 pounds.

Victim of sports fishing for trophies.

Swims alone or in pairs. Makes transoceanic migrations.

It is ovoviviparous: the eggs hatch inside the mother’s uterus, releasing the embryos, which further develop there until time of live birth. This shark is endothermic, meaning it regulates its own body temperature.