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An adult great white is a big shark - really
big. It has been responsible for more shark bites and human deaths than any
other species, according to the International Shark Attack File. This is
probably because it sees us as aberrant marine mammals flailing about in the
water and certainly worth an exploratory bite - but a gentle mouthing from a
two-tonne white shark, its jaws filled with row upon row of razor-sharp teeth,
could result in a severe mauling for any victim unlucky enough to have
attracted its attention.
Though its danger was well known to ancient
mariners, it was not until the mid-1970s that it came to occupy its current
place in the popular imagination, when Jaws was unleashed on an
unsuspecting public. The great white shark's reputation hit rock bottom in the
wake of the Spielberg classic. But during the fifty years since the film's
first release, public interest in the species has sparked a renaissance in
research, producing remarkable new insights into the life of this extraordinary
animal.
Telling the story of the great white shark
from the perspectives of history, psychology and biology, White Shark is
nothing less than the biography of the world's most fascinating fish.
