Carcharodon carcharias

It’s True!

• Research has shown that great whites play a pivotal role, essential to the health of the world’s marine ecosystem.
• Great whites’ astounding sense of smell can detect a single drop of blood in the water from up to 3 miles away.
• Great whites are ovoviviparous; the eggs hatch and the young continue to develop within the mother’s body.
• International oversight estimates that tens of millions of sharks are killed annually, by finning for shark fin soup.