This is creepy. Investigators say this shark measured by bite size would only be about 4ft. smaller than the fake shark used for the movie Jaws, but this is the real deal!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... shark.html
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From Discovery.com...
Turning the page away from fishing lore to the scientific literature still reveals discrepancy and confusion about great white size. Over the past two decades, most researchers accepted that the largest great white was a 23-foot individual caught in 1987 off the coast of Malta by Alfredo Cutajar. More recent studies on information concerning the specimen suggest its length had been exaggerated. One possible problem is that sharks, like all fish, are composed mostly of water. As a result, they can dry out and shrink over time. This happened in 2008 to a colossal squid housed at the Te Papa museum in New Zealand. There is no question the squid shrunk after months of storage upon capture, but now the measurements only reflect its size upon validated scientific examination.
According to the Canadian Shark Research Center, the world’s largest accurately measured great white was 20 feet in length. This was a female caught in 1988 at Canada’s Prince Edward Island. Local fisherman David McKendrick landed the toothy catch. In terms of largest measured live sharks in captivity, these tend to reach 10 feet or less, because these fish are often juveniles. The Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, for example, has housed several such great whites over the years. Usually the sharks go on exhibit for several weeks before being released back into the ocean.
Experts mainly agree that 20 feet is the more common maximum size for a great white, with these larger individuals weighing around 4,200 pounds. Females tend to be larger than males, so they can fall into the 20-footer group. The majority of great whites, however, measure between 13 and 16 feet with an average weight of 1,500 to 2,450 pounds.
Turning the page away from fishing lore to the scientific literature still reveals discrepancy and confusion about great white size. Over the past two decades, most researchers accepted that the largest great white was a 23-foot individual caught in 1987 off the coast of Malta by Alfredo Cutajar. More recent studies on information concerning the specimen suggest its length had been exaggerated. One possible problem is that sharks, like all fish, are composed mostly of water. As a result, they can dry out and shrink over time. This happened in 2008 to a colossal squid housed at the Te Papa museum in New Zealand. There is no question the squid shrunk after months of storage upon capture, but now the measurements only reflect its size upon validated scientific examination.
According to the Canadian Shark Research Center, the world’s largest accurately measured great white was 20 feet in length. This was a female caught in 1988 at Canada’s Prince Edward Island. Local fisherman David McKendrick landed the toothy catch. In terms of largest measured live sharks in captivity, these tend to reach 10 feet or less, because these fish are often juveniles. The Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, for example, has housed several such great whites over the years. Usually the sharks go on exhibit for several weeks before being released back into the ocean.
Experts mainly agree that 20 feet is the more common maximum size for a great white, with these larger individuals weighing around 4,200 pounds. Females tend to be larger than males, so they can fall into the 20-footer group. The majority of great whites, however, measure between 13 and 16 feet with an average weight of 1,500 to 2,450 pounds.