10 Fun Facts about Great White Sharks – 10 érdekes tény a nagy fehér cápákról

10 Fun Facts about Great White Sharks D.J. Edward Pope Humans are fascinated by great white sharks. Their immense size and those deadly jaws inspire terror, making it the perfect villain for author Peter Benchley in Jaws. Here are some fun facts about these amazing creatures. They can live as long as 70 years. Males don’t reach sexual maturity until they are 26 years old. It takes female even longer, 33 years. Female great whites are larger than males. Their average length at maturity is 15 feet (app. 457 cm), compared to twelve feet (app. 365 cm) for males. Great white sharks are rare. One study estimated the global population to be less than 3,500 individuals. Most people don’t think of it as an endangered species, but they should. For comparison, there are approximately 3,900 tigers in the wild. Although no aquarium currently has a great white shark, they have been kept in captivity in the past. Many attempts were made prior to 1981, but these were unsuccessful. Very few were able to get the shark to eat. In 1981, SeaWorld San Diego kept a great white shark for 16 days before it was released back into the wild. The […]