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Gansbaai Backpackers is situated in centre of the Shark Diving Capital of the world, Gansbaai, a short 2 hour drive from Cape Town, South Africa.
This choice Gansbaai Accommodation overlooking the traditional fishing Harbour is the perfect base, while enjoying your Shark Diving Adventure.
This choice Gansbaai Accommodation overlooking the traditional fishing Harbour is the perfect base, while enjoying your Shark Diving Adventure.
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Great White Sharks primarily inhabit coastal regions where the water temperature ranges between 12 - 24 degrees C. They are found in large numbers around the southern coast of Australia, California, South Africa, Isla Guadalupe (Mexico) with the largest population found in the coastal region around the Dyer Island in Gansbaai, South Africa.
It was believed that the white sharks where not very social, recent research has proven that this species is rather social. The sharks of South Africa follow what is known as a dominance hierarchy based on size, gender and the rights of the squatters. (smaller sharks are dominated by larger ones and newcomers are dominated by the resident sharks)
The legendary Great White Shark is far more fearsome in our imaginations than in reality.
GREAT WHITE SHARK CLASSIFICATION
SubPhylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)
Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Order Lamniformes
Family Lamnidae
Genus Carcharodon
Species C. carcharias
SIZE
Great whites average 12-16 feet long (3.7-4.9 m) long. The biggest great white shark on record was 23 feet (7 m) long, weighing about 7,000 pounds (3200 kg). Females are larger than males, as with most sharks. Shark pups can be over 5 feet (1.5 m) long at birth.
It was believed that the white sharks where not very social, recent research has proven that this species is rather social. The sharks of South Africa follow what is known as a dominance hierarchy based on size, gender and the rights of the squatters. (smaller sharks are dominated by larger ones and newcomers are dominated by the resident sharks)
The legendary Great White Shark is far more fearsome in our imaginations than in reality.
GREAT WHITE SHARK CLASSIFICATION
SubPhylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)
Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays)
Order Lamniformes
Family Lamnidae
Genus Carcharodon
Species C. carcharias
SIZE
Great whites average 12-16 feet long (3.7-4.9 m) long. The biggest great white shark on record was 23 feet (7 m) long, weighing about 7,000 pounds (3200 kg). Females are larger than males, as with most sharks. Shark pups can be over 5 feet (1.5 m) long at birth.
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