Thursday, August 12, 2010

White Sharks

.






The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, also known as great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a large lamniform shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. The great white shark is very well known for its size, with the largest individuals known to have approached or exceeded 6 metres (20 ft) in length and 2,268 kilograms (5,000 lb) in weight. It reaches maturity at around 15 years of age and can have a life span of over 30 years.





.

1 comment:

marc said...

and it's undisputably one of the most impressive creature on earth, on the upper end of the food chain, like...