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Released:
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Origin:
Connecticut, United States
Recently Spotted:
In WOOD's cache

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This ferocious guy would love to visit as many exotic bodies of water as possible.

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The great white shark, Carcharodon Carcharias, also known as white pointer, white shark, or white death, is an exceptionally large lamniforme shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. Reaching lengths of about 6 metres (20 ft) and weighing almost 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb), the great white shark is the world's largest known predatory fish. It is the only known surviving species of its genus, Carcharodon. They are also regarded as an apex predator with its only real threats from humans and occasionally orcas, which have been known to feed on subadult great whites.

Great white sharks live in almost all coastal and offshore waters which have a water temperature of between 12 and 30° C (54° to 75° F), with greater concentrations off the southern coasts of Australia, off South Africa, California, Mexico's Isla Guadalupe and to a degree in the Central Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. One of the densest known populations is found around Dyer Island, South Africa where much research on the shark is conducted. It can be also found in tropical waters like those of the Caribbean and has been recorded off Mauritius. It is a pelagic fish, but recorded or observed mostly in coastal waters in the presence of rich game like fur seals, sealions, cetaceans, other sharks and large bony fish species. It is considered an open-ocean dweller and is recorded from the surface down to depths of 1,280 metres (4,200 ft), but is most often found close to the surface.

In a recent study great white sharks from California were shown to migrate to an area between Baja California and Hawaii, where they spend at least 100 days of the year before they migrate back to Baja. On the journey out, they swim slowly and dive to up to 900 metres (3,000 ft). After they arrive, they change behaviour and do short dives to about 300 m (1,000 ft) for up to 10 minutes. It is still unknown why they migrate and what they do there; it might be seasonal feeding or possibly a mating area.

In a similar study a great white shark from South Africa was tracked swimming to the northwestern coast of Australia and back to the same location in South Africa, a journey of 20,000 kilometres in under 9 months.

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    Tracking History (17466.6mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 8/6/2008 trefles placed it in Relais des aventurier Québec, Canada - 11.28 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/24/2008 trefles retrieved it from Arena de Clermont Québec, Canada   Visit Log

    Je vais le placer dans une nouvelle cache bientôt...

    Dropped Off 7/22/2008 Jackwest placed it in Arena de Clermont Québec, Canada - 93.24 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/17/2008 Jackwest retrieved it from L'Éboulis-1 Québec, Canada   Visit Log

    Trouvé près de la rivière Rimouski au Québec. Je l'amène faire un tour près des baleines sur la Côte-Nord du Québec. // Found it near Rimouski river in Québec. I will take it near whales in Québec's North-Shore.

    Jackwest

    Dropped Off 7/14/2008 Tisien placed it in L'Éboulis-1 Québec, Canada - 245.06 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/4/2008 Tisien retrieved it from Merci Gdufun-Opusterra Québec, Canada   Visit Log

    Je vais le remettre à l'eau bientôt. We will drop it as soon as possible, maybe along St-Lawrence estuary.

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    Dropped Off 7/3/2008 bonnemine placed it in Merci Gdufun-Opusterra Québec, Canada - 69.81 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 5/22/2008 ROUJ discovered it   Visit Log

    Vu dans les mains de Bonnemine.

    ROUJ

    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/19/2008 bonnemine retrieved it from Le petit sentier paisible #4 Québec, Canada   Visit Log

    Promet de le faire voyager bientot, lors d'une prochaine sortie.

    Discovered It 3/4/2008 roussette discovered it   Visit Log

    vu avalanche 2008

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