Great White Sharks can range to over five thousand pounds and has been documented to have a lifespan of well over twenty years.<br />
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Individuals tagged off the Baja Coast have been found to cross the Pacific nearly to Hawaii and then return each year. <br />
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Each individual has a unique countershading color pattern, having a dark coloration above then abruptly transitioning to white below the midline.<br />
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They are an incredibly successful species, examples of their fossil vertebrae have been dated to the Pliocene Age or about one-million years old.<br />
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Weight can range to over five thousand pounds and has been documented to have a lifespan of well over twenty years.<br />
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Their genus name Carcharodon comes from the Greek words carcharos meaning ragged and odon meaning tooth.<br />
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Range: Found worldwide primarily in temperate and subtropical waters    <br />
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Species: Carcharodon carcharias