California Marine Life: Technology Provides New Insight Into White Shark Behavior

The image of a white shark invokes extremes in our emotions. They bring out a deep, primal fear in some, while others experience joy in observing their grace and beauty. White sharks are big–up to twenty-one feet long and 7000 pounds. They have a mouthful of serrated teeth that are effectively used to hunt fish when they are young, but switch to marine mammals after they grow to nine or ten feet. On very rare occasions they will bite a human. Yet, those who have observed this top end predator from the safety of a shark cage talk about the fluidity and gracefulness of their movements and how intelligent they are.