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Description: Why you should avoid the deadly great white shark1 From using countershading to strong biteforce, stay away from this ocean predator. SUBSCRIBE for the latest videos: goo.gl/7xzjzR Also known as the white pointer, the great white shark is one of the most feared creatures on the entire planet. This species is quite notable for its size with males growing up to 13 feet on average and females growing up to 16 feet on average. That’s about as long as a bus. Being at the top of the food chain, the great white shark is an apex predator. Although it occasionally gets into spats with orcas or killer whales, the great white shark has no natural predators. It exists only to feed on other creatures and reproduce. There are a variety of things that make the great white shark so dangerous. For one, its mouth is full of rows upon rows of sharp, serrated teeth, each about three inches long. The shark also has a very powerful sense of smell, capable of detecting one drop of blood from up to 3 miles away. They also have a special organ in their brain that allows them to detect the electrical currents that other living creatures emit. As if that isn’t enough, sharks exhibit countershading. Meaning that they are very, very hard to detect from above or below. Their bites are strong enough to generate 4095 pounds of force. And so, there is very little that can stand in their way of a good meal. They are carnivores, preying on seals, fish, birds and, cetaceans. They also have an antagonistic relationship with humans. What are some cases of great white sharks interacting negatively with humans? Let’s examine a few ahead. … #8. Photographer gets a close call with 15-foot shark Deron Verbeck is a popular Hawaii-based photographer who likes to go on underwater dives and take photographs of sea creatures. One day, in November 2021, on one of his dives, he encountered way more than he bargained for. At 100 feet beneath the surface of the water, Verbeck spotted what appeared to be a shark. #7. Husband saves wife from a shark bite Thirty-five-year-old Chantelle Doyle, a woman who loves to surf, visited the beach of Port Macquarie, Australia with her husband Mark in 2020. It was early morning, the two hit the water and were surfing about 32 feet away from each other. A few minutes into it, Chantelle felt a heavy impact underneath her board. #6. Two surfers miraculously escape great white shark Great white sharks are some of the fastest creatures in the ocean. They can swim up to 15 miles per hour. In the last week of November 2021, three friends decided to visit a beach in Puerto Rico and catch some waves as they surfed. One of the three, Jorge Benitez, stayed on the beach with his camera in order to capture his two friends as they surfed. #5. Man gets attacked by both tiger shark and great white shark In November 2021, a 57-year-old father who was a regular swimmer at Port Beach, Washington was attacked by not one, but two different sharks. T #4. Californian diver survives shark attack In June 2021, at Gray Whale Cove State Beach, a 38-year-old San Francisco resident known as Nemanja Spasojevic went swimming in order to look for crabs. Although he knew sharks were in the area, he thought shark attacks were rare and so didn’t hesitate to dive in the area. While looking for the crabs, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his legs. #3. Californian surfer wins fight against shark October 3, 2021, off the coast of California. Thirty-eight-year-old Eric Steinley was surfing a few miles north of Bodega Bay. He was suddenly attacked by a shark which knocked him off his board, bit his leg and pulled him into the water. #2. Shark attacks film crew boat in New Zealand This incident happened in the first week of October 2021. A discovery channel camera crew off the coast of Stewart Island, Australia had spotted a great white shark and were trying to attack a camera to its fin in order to get some high-quality shots. #1. Fisherman bitten by 13-foot shark Alex Dodd was attacked by a great white shark while fishing with his friend, Brodie Paino in Perth, Australia. Dodd had been swimming in the water when he saw the 13-foot beast approaching him with a wide mouth and a flapping tail. Dodd was frozen in fear, later saying that he thought he was staring straight into the creature’s soul. It bit his leg under his knee, leaving an 8-inch-long wound that was bleeding profusely. Before the shark could circle back for another attack, Paino fished Dodd out of the water. He wrapped Dodd’s leg in a wet towel and then called for the authorities. Dodd was taken to a hospital where he was treated with over 100 stitches.