Too Close For Comfort

The great white shark is a species of large mackerel shark found on the coastal surface waters of all major oceans. Notable for their size, females grow larger to 6.1 meters in length and up to 2,268 kilograms in weight at maturity. Great whites’ lifespan is estimated to be around 70 years or more, which makes them one of the longest-living cartilaginous fishes currently known. Although there are no known natural predators for great whites, on rare occasions, killer whales. Great whites are one of the primary predators of marine mammals and responsible for more recorded human bite incidents compared to other shark species.

On the other hand, Gansbaai in South Africa is renowned as the great white shark capital of the world, credit to the area’s seal population that naturally attracts the massive predators as these are their staple meal. In this photo, a guy on a boat was perfectly snapped while a great white shark is just feet away from him in the waters.