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The Great White shark, also known as the white death, is considered the most

dangerous shark in the waters. The Great White has a conical instead of a flattened

snout, black eyes, and large, serrated, arrowhead-shaped teeth. The upper and lower

lobes of the tail are almost equal in size, and the body is blue or brown-gray, not white,

except on its belly. The Great White is found in temperate waters throughout the worlds

oceans, and it is important, though not common, predator in California’s coastal habitat.


The waters off central California offer a rich bounty of food for white sharks, and

every summer and fall, they actively feed in nearshore areas. The Farallan Islands, a

national wildlife refuge about twenty-seven miles off San Francisco, is a common

feeding ground for the great white. The coastal waters along central California, especially

around the Ano Nuevo State Reserve and along the Marin Headlands, are......

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