No they are far more fearsome in our imaginations than in reality.

• Elephants are bigger killers: They do in 200+

• Talk about vicious, Dogs kill thousands

• Get This:

– Soda Machines killed more people last year than sharks did.

• People get angry when the machine steals $0.75so they begin to viciously attack the machine, trying to make it cough up either the soda or cash. The machine decides to retaliate by falling on and crushing them.

Fun Facts

• Largest predatory fish on earth

• Average length is 15 feet (4.6 meters)

• Specimens exceeding 20 feet (6 meters) and weighing up to 5,000 pounds (2,268 Kilograms) have been recorded.

• Slate-gray upper bodies to blend with the sea floor

• Name comes from universally white underbellies

• Streamlined, torpedo-shaped swimmers with powerful tails

• Tails can propel them through the water at speeds up to 15 miles per hour.

Did You Know??Great White Sharks can detect one drop of blood in 25 gallons of water and can sense even tiny amounts of

blood in the water up to 3 miles away.

AnatomyPowerful body supported by a cartilaginous skeleton

(as opposed to the bone skeleton of most other vertebrates)

Streamlined for efficient movement through waterHas a pointed snout

Two large, sickle-shaped pectoral finsA large triangular first dorsal fin

Mouth is armed with an array of sharply pointed,serrated teeth

Great White Shark Compared to a School Bus

Web Sites to Look at…

• http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/Statistics/GAttack/mapusa.htm

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/masters/myths.html

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/allabout/