Size
16 - 36 feet in length.

Diet
Fish, rays and other sharks when young. Larger prey, including sea lions, small toothed whales, otters, sea turtles, and dead animals found floating in the water are eaten by Great Whites.

Habitat
Near shore along most of the temperate coastlines around the entire world.

Reproduction
Great White sharks are ovoviviparous [egg bearing] and give birth to 2 - 14 fully-formed pups that can be 5 feet long. Like all sharks, fertilization of the eggs occurs within the female. The eggs hatch within the female. No placenta nourishes the babies. They must fend for themselves, even before birth and swim away from the mother immediately after birth.

General description
The Great White is found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world's oceans. A voracious and efficient predator, its prey includes a wide variety of bony fishes, including salmon, hake, halibut, mackerel and tunas, other sharks, sea turtles, seabirds, and marine mammals. The Great White can grow to 21 feet and weigh 4,000 pounds. It is the world's largest ocean predator but attacks on humans are rare. The Great White has a white belly, a dark back, and reaches a swimming speed of 25 mph. It can leap out of the water while attacking its prey from below and behind.