Scientific Name -- Carcharodon carcharias
Approx. Size -- up to 7,000 lb.
Diet -- Fish, rays, other sharks

With up to 3,000 teeth at any one time, the great white shark is a ferocious sea predator that lives in the waters near North Africa, Southern Europe, North America, Hawaii, South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, West Africa, Scandinavia, Japan, and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia. The great white moves through the water with ease thanks to its streamlined torpedo-shaped body, pointed snout, and crescent-shaped tail. When it reaches the surface, the sharks dorsal fin and the tip of the tail are visible jutting from the water.

The great white shark has an incredible sense of smell. In fact, its nose is used only for smelling since it breathes using gills. Its nostrils can smell one drop of blood in 25 gallons of water. Jelly-filled canals in its head called the ampullae of Lorenzini allow the shark to sense minute electrical discharges in the water. The shark can then sense the small electrical fields generated by nearby animals, and hunt.