Great White Sharks

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Great White Sharks

• By Trinity

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Appearance

• If you see a mouth full of razor sharp, jagged
  edged teeth coming at you, move out of the way.
• Great white sharks can get to be more than 14
  feet long, and can weigh 5,940 - 7,040 pounds.
• Wow!
• They are gray and white because when you look
  down they blend with the water and when you look
  up they blend with the sky.
• Sharks have lots of teeth.
• If one falls out, another grows in its place.

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Population

• How many great white sharks live in California?
• About 150 great white sharks live there.
• Most great white sharks have 1 to 2 babies.
• Their population is declining. Fishermen are
  finding sharks.

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Habitat

• Where do great white sharks live?
• They live in cold water.
• They dont live near the Equator because the
  water is warm.
• They live all over the place because they
  migrate.
• Sharks live at the bottom of the sea, but they
  come up to the surface for air.

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Diet

• If you think great white sharks eat people, you
  might be right.
• Great white sharks eat
• fish
• dolphins,
• seals,
• squid,
• sea turtles,
• Seabirds
• whale carcasses.
• Sometimes they actuallly eat people. Sharks have
  bad eyesight. They mistake us for fish. If you
  are on a boogie board they think you are a
  turtle. So watch out!

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Fun Facts

• Did you know that sharks never sleep?
• Some sharks have to move in order to breathe.