A Shark on the Hunt You’re on a boat in the salty ocean Below you are many fish and a group of sea lions Then one large animal bursts out of the water You see a flash of gray and white You see sharp teeth It’s a great white shark And it’s on the hunt It sinks its teeth into a sea lion Wow 4
5 A great white shark jumps high out of the water to catch a meal
How fast can a great white shark swim Q 66 Great whites all have stark white bellies Their gray backs can be light or dark
Great white sharks are medium-sized sharks But they are much bigger than humans These sharks grow to be about 16 feet 5 m long That’s about as long as three grown-ups lying end to end Some great white sharks are light gray on top Others are dark gray But they are all white on the bottom That’s where their name comes from A It can swim up to 35 miles per hour 56 kph That’s faster than the fastest person can run 7
