| A | B |
|---|
| first dorsal fin | main fin on the shark's back |
| serrated teeth | saw-edged or razor-sharp |
| 5 gill slits | how the shark breathes |
| white underbelly | not visible to prey until after the shark attacks |
| 23 ft. long | largest recorded great white shark |
| 3,000 teeth | found in shark's mouth at any one time |
| primarily uses sense of smell | can smell one drop of blood in 25 gallons of water |
| sense electrical charges | accomplished by a series of jelly-filled canals in the head called the ampullae of Lorenzini |
| pokes head out of water | perhaps to see potential prey such as surface-dwelling sea lions |
| most attacks are not fatal | of the 30-50 great white attacks a year, only 10-15 people die |
| solitary animals | like to travel alone, but have occassionally been spotted in pairs |
| inhabit temperate coastlines | found along the coastlines of California to Alaska, east coast of USA, Gulf coast, Hawaii, most of S. America, S. Africa, Austrailia, New Zealand, Mediterranean Sea, West Africa to Scandinavia, Japan, and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia |
| propelled by powerful tails | moves through the water; these fins are only used for balance |
| max speed is 15 mph | can only occur in short bursts |
| streamlined swimmer | torpedo-shaped body, a pointed snout, and a crescent-shaped tail |
| protected species | only along the coasts of California, USA, Australia, and South Africa |
| cannot swim backwords or come to an abrupt stop | because their fins are not flexible like other fish |
| no maternal care-giving | There is no placenta to nourish the babies - they must fend for themselves |
