The great white shairk (Carcharodon carcharias), kent as the great white, white pointer, white shairk, or white daith an aw, is a species o lairge lamniformshairk which can be foond in the coastal surface watters o aw the major oceans. The great white shairk is notable for its size, wi matur female indwallers growin up tae 6.1m (20ft) in lenth an 1,950kg (4,300lb) in wicht.[3][4][5] Housomeivver maist are smawer, males measurin 3.35 tae 3.96m (11ft 0in tae 13ft 0in) an females 4.57 tae 4.88m (15ft 0in tae 16ft 0in) on average.[5][6] Accordin tae a 2014 study the lifespan o great white shairks is estimatit tae be as lang as 70 years or mair, well abuin aulder estimates,[7] makkin it ane o the langest livit cartilaginous fish currently kent.[8] Accordin tae the same study, male great white shairks tak 26 years tae reach sexual maturity, whilk the females tak 33 years tae be ready tae produce affspring.[9] Great white shairks can accelerate tae ower 56km/h (35mph) for short bursts.[10]
↑ Gottfried, M. D.; Fordyce, R. E. (2001). "An associated specimen of Carcharodon angustidens (Chondrichthyes, Lamnidae) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand, with comments on Carcharodon interrelationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 730–739. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0730:AASOCA]2.0.CO;2.
