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Animals
Great White Shark
Apex ocean predator · Carcharodon carcharias
A cartilaginous skeleton, ram ventilation through the gills, and ampullae of Lorenzini that sense the electric fields of muscle twitches make the great white a perfect product of 400 million years of tuning.
Key specifications
Length
4 – 6 m
Mass
up to 2,000 kg
Teeth
~300 in rows
Lineage
400 M years of sharks
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