Great white shark from above

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Photo not mine, but I found it too good not to save, show and tell. It can be hard to imagine the size of a female white shark and some comparison can come in handy… A female – the larger of the white sharks sex – can reach a length of 21 feet (6.1 metres), but the average size is around 16 feet or 4 metres. The longest ever recorded great white sharks measured are all disputed around 23 feet or 7 metres. This seems to be quite a large adult shark factoring in the distortion of water and a…

The great white shark! This female great white (carcharodon carcharias) had what appeared to abrasion aslong her right side leaving a large white patch below her dorsal fin, and a couple smaller ones above her right pelvic fin.

Great White Shark "View from Above" Canvas Art Print 24" x 36" | Matt Hatfield Art #art #walldecor #wallart #illustration #ocean #beachhouse #decorating #decoratingideas #rustic

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Great white shark, research identification photograph. Carcharodon carcharias photograph. Photograph #28761 by Phillip Colla / Oceanlight.com.

Realistic shark "view from above" illustration Pool bottom graphic Original art by Matt Hatfield Die-cut outline around shark Water resistant material

“My favorite is probably the oceanic whitetip because they are fearless, inquisitive and have gorgeous markings. They also live in an extreme environment, the open ocean, and somehow manage to scratch out a living there.” --- Demian Chapman, Associate Professor at Stony Brook University and Assistant Director ofScienceat the Institute for Ocean ConservationScience