Did you know that.... * Great White Sharks are also known as White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias(Latin) and White Pointer Sharks. * Their bodies are counter-shaded with a charcoal to black, grey or even dark brown top (dorsal surface) and completely white underneath (ventral surface) * Counter-shading makes it difficult for their prey to see them * One of the most successful predators in the world * Live on a diverse diet of fish, other sharks, seals, dolphins and even scavenge on dead whales * They have many different ways to catch their food from chasing fish, to sneaking up on stingrays to attacking from below when trying to eat seals * World's largest predatory shark/fish growing up to 6.1 metres * Girls grow bigger than boys * They weigh over 2000 kgs * They have six senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing and electroreception * They can see in the day and at night and can see colour * They don't have eyelids, but instead roll their eyes back to protect them * Sometimes they will stick their heads out of the water which is called spyhopping * They have the strongest smell out of all sharks and can smell one drop of blood in a million parts water

* Have taste buds inside their mouth and throat and are more fussy than other sharks like tiger sharks * Have a lateral line made of special hair-like cells which runs from their tail to their head and can detect small water vibrations and currents * Use their electrosense to detect the electric field given off by all living animals and can even find prey hidden under the sand * They are sensitive to low frequency sounds as produced by struggling prey * They can't make sound * They use body language and smell to communicate with one another

* Deepest recorded dive was over 1200m * Can breach out of the water over 2m into the air * One of the most widely distributed sharks found in all oceans, except the polar seas * Areas with the highest concentrations are Western Cape, South Africa, South Australia, West coast USA, Guadalupe Island Mexico and New Zealand * Found near the coast and in deep oceanic waters

* Grow slowly only becoming mature after 10 years (males) and 15 years (females) * Live for more than 60 years * Reproduce slowly with litters of 2 - 10 baby sharks, called pups * Gestation is thought to be over 12 months * Give birth to live young (viviparous) * Each pup is between 1.2 - 1.7 meters long when it is born * There is no parental care

* Man kills over 100 million sharks a year,

* Sharks cause less than five deaths worldwide per year.

* Chairs and toasters kill more people than sharks

* Great White Sharks are Vulnerable to Extinction