Great White Shark Tooth 5.5

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Great White Shark Tooth measures 5.5 inches. Great White Shark Tooth 5.5 is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Carcharodon carcharias is the scientific name. Our percise Tooth can be used as a teaching tool, museum tooth exhibit, home decor tooth, or office decor tooth.

The great white shark or Carcharodon carcharias, also known as white shark or “white pointer”, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.

It is notable for its size, with larger female individuals growing to 20 ft. in length and 4,200 to 5,000 lbs. in weight at maturity. However, most are smaller; males measure 11 to 13 ft., and females measure 15 to 16 ft. on average. The lifespan of great white sharks is estimated to be as long as 70 years or more,  making it one of the longest lived cartilaginous fishes currently known. m

Male great white sharks take 26 years to reach sexual maturity, while the females take 33 years to be ready to produce offspring. Great white sharks can swim at speeds of 16 mph. for short bursts and to depths of 3,900 ft.

The great white shark or Carcharodon carcharias has no known natural predators other than, on very rare occasions, the killer whale. It is arguably the world’s largest-known extant macropredatory fish, and is one of the primary predators of marine mammals, up to the size of large baleen whales. This shark is also known to prey upon a variety of other marine animals, including fish, and seabirds. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon, and is responsible for more recorded human bite incidents than any other shark.

The great white shark or Carcharodon carcharias faces numerous ecological challenges which has resulted in international protection. The IUCN lists the great white shark as a vulnerable species, and it is included in Appendix II of CITES. It is also protected by several national governments such as Australia (as of 2018).

The novel Jaws by Peter Benchley and its subsequent film adaptation by Steven Spielberg depicted the great white shark as a ferocious man-eater. Humans are not the preferred prey of the great white shark, but the great white is nevertheless responsible for the largest number of reported and identified fatal unprovoked shark attacks on humans.

Due to the great white shark or Carcharodon carcharias need to travel long distances for seasonal migration and extremely demanding diet, it is not logistically feasible to keep great white sharks in captivity. Although attempts have been made to do so in the past, there are no known aquariums in the world believed to house one.

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