Great white shark - thunderstorm oceans

In the world's oceans there are many species of predatory fish. One of the most terrible is considered to be a large white shark.

In fact, it is white only from below, and on top and sides of it a beautiful streamlined body has a dark gray or bluish color, so it is barely visible from below, against the background of a light sky, and it is difficult to distinguish it from above against a background of dark water.

The word "big" is also mentioned in the title not in vain. The length of this fish reaches six meters, and there are data, although untested, that some specimens in South Australian waters are even more. At least, documented the capture of Vic Hislop in 1985, the fish, whose size was 6 meters 65 centimeters. This is the largest white shark in the world today.

The main distinctive features of this species are very smooth teeth of triangular shape, a black spot on the chest (however, it may not be) and a tail reminiscent of a crescent moon.

A large white shark eats everything that comes to her, mostly large fish and marine mammals, and does not disdain sea turtles, birds that sit on the water, and in general everything that stirs. Its behavior is unpredictable, it can be frightened of the energetic movements of the potential victim and leave the hunting zone, and at times shows a rare fearlessness, attacking an obviously stronger and larger marine animal. There was a case when three pigs were found in the stomach of such a predator, as she ate them, it is not known, however a large white shark often swims in shallow water. However, the range of its depths is very wide, and it can sink to a depth of over a kilometer, preferring still the coastal shelves, where there is always more food than in the open ocean.

The irresistibility of the attack is due to the huge jaws, high speed and noiselessness of this ruthless predator. It should be specially noted that it is even possible to injure the rough skin of this fish, and the blood is immediately caught by its olfactory receptors and serves as a signal to attack. In motion, she spends her whole life, sharks do not have an air bubble, so at the depth they need, they are at the expense of the hydrodynamic forces of the fins. As soon as the huge fish stops, it, being heavier than water, immediately drowns, so it is necessary for it always to observe the energy balance of the body.

Being a viviparous fish, a large white shark reaches maturity at the age of ten to twelve years, and for its life gives up to six litters, each of which makes up to 14 pups-sharks.

Relationships between this predator and a person are complex. Of course, when meeting with a swimmer or scuba diver in the open sea, a large white shark perceives it as an opportunity to diversify its diet, but people in relation to this fish show no less cruelty. The shark liver is considered a delicacy, as are parts of their fins, and sometimes these inhabitants of sea depths are killed simply because of hunting interest. In this case, like any predator, this fish is the sanitar of the sea, eating carrion or sick animals.

As can be seen in the photo of a white shark, the beauty of her hydrodynamically perfect body is combined with the terrible mouth and absolutely dead eyes that Hemingway in his novel "The Old Man and the Sea" compared to the look of death itself.