Great white sharks can detect blood up to half a mile away in water. Furthermore, their blood contains high concentrations of mercury and arsenic which would normally kill most other creatures; yet these sharks exhibit no symptoms of poisoning. Sharks do not possess cold blood; rather they use regional endothermy to store heat and maintain…
When we think of sharks, our minds tend to conjure images of giant jaws containing hundreds of serrated teeth – yet few people realize that great white sharks do not consume food by chewing it first! These predators use their snouts to detect electrical fields generated by animals and objects in the water, even as…
The great white shark has become an icon of Hollywood due to films like Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. But there’s much more to discover about these magnificent predators beyond Hollywood depictions. Did you know that great white sharks have special organs called Ampullae of Lorenzini that enable them to detect electrical pulses of prey animals in…
