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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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More Great White Shark Information & Facts
DESCRIPTION
The Great White Sharks have a torpedo-shaped body with a pointed snout featuring about 3000 teeth, arranged in several rows. The first two rows of teeth are used for grabbing and cutting prey, while the teeth in the last rows rotate into place when front teeth are broken, worn down, or fall out. The teeth are triangularly shaped with serrations on the edges. Great White Sharks have three main fins: the dorsal (back) and two pectoral fins (sides). The tail is crescent shaped. There are five gill slits on Great White Sharks.
DIET AND FEEDING HABITS
Young great white sharks eat fish, rays, and other sharks. Adults eat larger prey, including pinnipeds (sea lions and seals), small toothed whales (like belugas), otters, and sea turtles. They also eat carrion (dead animals found floating in the water). A large meal can satisfy a Great White Shark for up to 2 months.
REPRODUCTION
Great White sharks reproduce via aplacental viviparity; they give birth to 2-14 fully-formed pups that are up to 5 feet (1.5 m) long. Fertilization and the hatching of the eggs occurs within the female. Shark Pups swim away from the mother immediately after birth, there is no maternal care-giving. The Great White reaches maturity after about 9 years, with an annual growth rate of about 25-30 cm. The White Shark has litters of about 7-9 pups and the females only reproduce twice.
DISTRIBUTION
Great White Sharks have been observed along the coastlines of California to Alaska, the east coast of the USA and most of the Gulf coast, Hawaii, most of South America, South Africa, Australia (except the north coast), New Zealand, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa to Scandinavia, Japan, and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia.
The Great White Sharks have a torpedo-shaped body with a pointed snout featuring about 3000 teeth, arranged in several rows. The first two rows of teeth are used for grabbing and cutting prey, while the teeth in the last rows rotate into place when front teeth are broken, worn down, or fall out. The teeth are triangularly shaped with serrations on the edges. Great White Sharks have three main fins: the dorsal (back) and two pectoral fins (sides). The tail is crescent shaped. There are five gill slits on Great White Sharks.
DIET AND FEEDING HABITS
Young great white sharks eat fish, rays, and other sharks. Adults eat larger prey, including pinnipeds (sea lions and seals), small toothed whales (like belugas), otters, and sea turtles. They also eat carrion (dead animals found floating in the water). A large meal can satisfy a Great White Shark for up to 2 months.
REPRODUCTION
Great White sharks reproduce via aplacental viviparity; they give birth to 2-14 fully-formed pups that are up to 5 feet (1.5 m) long. Fertilization and the hatching of the eggs occurs within the female. Shark Pups swim away from the mother immediately after birth, there is no maternal care-giving. The Great White reaches maturity after about 9 years, with an annual growth rate of about 25-30 cm. The White Shark has litters of about 7-9 pups and the females only reproduce twice.
DISTRIBUTION
Great White Sharks have been observed along the coastlines of California to Alaska, the east coast of the USA and most of the Gulf coast, Hawaii, most of South America, South Africa, Australia (except the north coast), New Zealand, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa to Scandinavia, Japan, and the eastern coastline of China and southern Russia.