{"id":5327,"date":"2020-06-10T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/great-white-sharks-seem-to-avoid-the-surface-until-they-grow-up\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:02:00","slug":"great-white-sharks-seem-to-avoid-the-surface-until-they-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/great-white-sharks-seem-to-avoid-the-surface-until-they-grow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#Great white sharks seem to avoid the surface until they grow up"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Great white sharks seem to avoid the surface until they grow up<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 10, 2020 |<\/span> 11:02am <\/p>\n

\n When you hear the name \u201cgreat white shark\u201d it probably conjures images of Jaws chomping on surfboards and wreaking havoc on coastal communities. While it\u2019s true that great white shark attacks on humans do happ<\/a>en \u2014 and can be incredibly devastating when they do \u2014 a new study suggests that for a large chunk of a great white shark\u2019s life, they\u2019d prefer to hang out near the bottom of the ocean rather than the surface.<\/p>\n

As LiveScience<\/a> reports, researchers studied the stomach contents of dozens of young great white sharks to get a better idea of where they spend their time. Based on their findings, it seems that juvenile great whites are mostly bottom feeders.<\/p>\n

The research, which was published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, examined the feeding habits of 40 great white sharks caught off the coast of Australia. In the stomachs of the animals, scientists found a mix of prey.<\/p>\n

The most common food source identified was fish that swim about halfway between the ocean floor and the surface. This wasn\u2019t unexpected, but perhaps the more interesting finding is that over 17 percent of the prey animals that could be identified were bottom-dwelling fish. The researchers also found stingrays and reef-dwelling fish and over 30 percent of the prey animals either couldn\u2019t be identified or were too small in quantity to track.<\/p>\n