I've had an addiction to learning about sharks for as long as I can remember (probably from the time I first saw "Jaws" and the ensuing sequels), specifically, the Carcharadon carcharias, also known as the great white shark (again influenced by "Jaws". lol). I find them to be fascinating animals. Although I've never seen this in person, just seeing a picture of a great white breaching the surface of the water to go after a bird or a sea lion or some other such tasty morsel is amazing. Flying sharks...who knew?

Anyway, while perusing a Web site that gives random facts about anything and everything of the shark persuasion, I came across some interesting facts:  Did you know that:


--- The great white shark has 3,000 teeth at any one time. A white shark may grow and use over 20,000 teeth in its lifetime.

--The white shark can poke its head up out of the water.

--The bull shark is the only shark that can live in both fresh and salt water. A bull shark may have been responsible for a shark attack that happened in a creek in New Jersey back in 1916.

--Sharks attack more men than women. No one knows why this is the case.



--Many people believe that sharks only live in the oceans. However, they are distributed in bodies of water found all over the world.

 

--Most shark attacks occur less than 100 feet from the shore.

I'd heard about the fact that most shark attacks occur close to the shore, but I was thinking it was more in the range of being 300 feet. I stand corrected. :)  I'd also like to add that along with being called "White Death," the great white is also called "White Pointer" in Australia, and "Blue Pointer" in South Africa.*  Any way you look at it, the white shark is awesome. That's the long and short of it, in my humble opinion..

(*Found on http://www.sharksurvivor.com/sharks/greatwhiteshark.htm )