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** GREAT WHITE SHARKS ARE HERE ** ** by LaurenT. and MiyukiS. ** **Introduction ** You will learn a lot about Great White Sharks.You will learn about their habitat,diet,behaviors,and appearance.Be careful not to swim with a Great White Shark. They are very dangerous. See how dangeous they are by reading the article.

**Appearance ** A Great White Shark is about 5 meters long.Some Great White Sharks can weigh more than 4,500 pounds.The largest Great White Shark is about 8 meters long.The regular size is 5 meters long.It's teeth are triangular and very sharp.They can have as many as 3,000 teeth.The darker shade makes it blend in with the water so it's prey, cannot see it well.They are the largest preditory fish on earth.

**Habitat** A big female swims along about 20 to 30 feet or 6 to 9 meters below the surface of the ocean. They live near coastal and salt waters. **Diet** Sharks eat seafood too!Young Great White Sharks eat fish and other sharks.They also eat seals,sea birds,turtles.

**Behaviors** Great White Sharks are great.Right when the Great White Shark is born it immediately swims away from it's mother. It's mother sometimes sees her babies as ONLprey.It is the only shark to lift its head out of the water to look at objects on the surface. Also it has been known to leap out of the water.Great white sharks can see better than humans can.Even in deep, dark water, a shark can see it's prey. Thier taste buds tell them if the prey is fat enough.It takes a big bite from it's prey and then waits for it to weaken from the loss of blood.

**Conclusion** You' ve learned alot about the great white sharks Habitat,diet,behaviors,and appearance. Now that your an expert at sharks you can go out and tell everybody!

Resources 1. [] 2.Great White Sharks Animal Predators by:Sandra Markle 3.http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/amazinganimals/animalalphabet/index.shtml?animal=greatwhiteshark&video=16x9