8 July 2010
The weather in Gansbaai is wonderful these past few days and the shark operators are fully booked and have up to 3 trips a day. I ask some of the visitors at The Roundhouse that went on a trip what is the biggest shark they have seen and the reply normally is about 3 to 3.5 meters.
I did some research and found that in 1993 the biggest Great White Shark ever caught was at the Island of Prince Edward. The shark was about 20 feet long. Unfortunately it didn’t give the weight, but it is interesting to learn that a single shark consumes about 11 tons of food in a year and that it has an enormous liver that can weigh up to 24 percent of its entire weight.
The Great White also avoids fighting for its food. When there is only enough for one, they will have a tail slapping contest. They will swim past each other, slap the surface of the water towards each other and the shark swimming of with the meal is the one with the most tail slaps.
These are such wonderful and interesting animals.
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