The largest white shark caught reached 7 m in length and weighed 1208 kg.
Prehistoric white sharks - megalodons - grew up to 23 m
Humans are usually attacked by “roaming” white sharks. They always attack from below.
From 1876 to 2004, 212 unprovoked attacks of white sharks on humans were recorded worldwide. 61 cases were fatal.
Shark teeth are arranged in several rows, sometimes with more than a thousand teeth in each row.
When bitten, a shark's tooth presses with a force of three tons per 1 cm².
A shark smells a drop of blood at a distance of 500 m. That is, 1 gram of blood dissolved in 600 thousand liters of water.
A shark's stomach can digest almost anything, from poisonous sea snakes to plastic bags.
Usually sharks attack people during the day near the shore, where there are a lot of swimmers.
The most “shark-dangerous” places are Northern Australia, South Africa, and the Pacific coast of North America.
65-85% of people attacked by a shark survive.
12 species of sharks pose a threat to humans. The most dangerous {wrong, the most dangerous shark is the bull shark)
