Great White Shark Attacks Man

By: Jessica Weyer

What happened?Off of the coast of New Zealand a Great

White Shark about 14 feet long mistakes man for food. The famous movie director was training for a swim and swam into the middle of where it is said sharks were feeding on fish and birds. The police fired 12 shots then the shark rolled over and swam away.

Do Great Whites Eat People?To be truthful Great White Sharks are very

friendly and don’t feed on humans. Since 1830 there has only been 12-14 Great White Sharks in New Zealand.

Simple Facts about Great White SharksLargest predatory fish in the seaMay lose up to a thousand teeth in its lifetimeLive for about 25 yearsMore than 70 percent of known victims of

Great White Shark Attacks survive because the shark realizes it has made a mistake and doesn’t finish off the prey.

The Great White Shark is not all white. The shark’s back may be dark blue, gray, brown or black.

Places Where Great Whites are FoundTemperate Seas

Great whites can be found along the coastlines of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, California to Alaska, the east coast of USA and the Gulf coast, Hawaii, most of South America, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa to Scandinavia, Japan and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia

The biggest hot spot is New Zealand.

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Sources"Great White Shark : Habitat & Distribution."

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"Police, others are helpless as shark rips man apart." USA TODAY: Latest World and US News - USATODAY.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/27/shark-attack-new-zealand/1950589/>.