Great White Trivia

[Greatwhite70]

Think you know Sharks!!

I'll post the answers later.

1. How big can Great Whites get?

2. How large are Great Whites at birth?

3. How far do Great Whites Roam?

4. How deep can Great Whites dive?

True or False

1. More people are killed from falling coconuts than Sharks?

2. Sharks will enter frenzy upon smelling human blood?

3. Shark Attacks on humans are on purpose?

4. Great Whites have poor vision?

5. Great Whites can and do hunt in packs?

Enjoy..

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 07, 2004 07:27 PM: Message edited by: Great White ]</font>

[Greatwhite70]

Ok here are the answers to the Trivia.

1. how big? 23 plus feet, the largest ever documented and recorded was just over 23 feet. Othe figures have been circulated but not backed by data.

2. On average they are around 4 ft at birth.

3. Distance travelled, so far tagging has gathered that they can cover over 1,800 miles in 120 days.

4. How deep, they will spend half a year in deep ocean at depths as much as 2000ft.

True False.

1. True more people will die from being hit by a falling coconut than by a Shark.

2. False.Human Blood has a different chemcial composition than fish or seal.

3. False. Now I know people will contend this based on the following. GW have good vision and are armed with an array of senses to help them.
True they do, yet factors affect the judgement of the Shark. Visibility, it may have been chasing something else and now hit you, mistaken identity is valid in hit and run situations. However in situations where the Shark came up and bit is more explortaion, they are very curious animals and biting helps them decide what it is, it has just found.

4. False. GW have good vision, but lets not forget those of us that dive, visibility in the ocean is not always good, especially close to shore.

5. True. Great Whites have been found to hunt in packs and that there is a general pecking order where Sharks give way to other larger animals and gesture and posture to each other.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 28, 2004 03:41 PM: Message edited by: Great White ]</font>