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a drop of blood into it, the predator will smell this drop without the slightest difficulty. Reason No. 3. Exorbitant appetites The biology of the great white shark has pushed it onto the pedestal of superpredator. And she uses the power of the strong to the maximum! The white shark is a hunter of hunters. Its prey includes large fish, pinnipeds, dolphins, porpoises and even other sharks. The predator is constantly in search of prey. Depending on the size, the fish should consume from 2 to 16 kilograms of meat per day. If a shark has been starving for a couple of days, it will eat an entire seal in one sitting! With one bite, she opens 10-15 kg of meat. Only cetaceans can release the bloodthirsty beast: dolphins and killer whales. The former take by numbers and organization, the latter by force. Reason No. 4. Intelligence and quick wit So your body is perfect. There’s a whole ocean of food for you. What does a bored predator do when its conditions are close to ideal? Begins to develop brains. Only recently have biologists discovered that sharks gather in highly organized groups to hunt and communicate, establish a hierarchy within groups, choose hunting tactics, and exchange information about the location of prey with each other. Not too bad for a "stupid fish", right? Communication occurs through body language and its chemical signals. Sharks are also extremely curious creatures. True, those around them suffer from this, because in the absence of hands, they make their discoveries with their mouths. Every year, 50-80 people suffer from the intelligence and intelligence of sharks. What is a research interest for a fish, is minus a limb for a person. From the point of view of gastronomy, we are of little interest to predators - we are too skinny. Why are we so sure of this? So say the numbers for several centuries: according to observations, since 1580, only 17% of unprovoked attacks were fatal! Reason No. 5. The same movie Since the release of Jaws, the catch of white sharks has increased a hundredfold. They began to hunt him not so much for the sake of meat, but for the sake of fins, fun and revenge. As a result, the population of these fish declined by more than 70% before humanity grabbed its head and rushed to restoreto erase the image tarnished by cinema. Now, according to various sources, the population of the entire species numbers 5,000-20,000 thousand individuals. And this is all over the ocean! So the verdict is this: the shark can be feared and should be respected. This is one of the coolest predators in the ocean. But there is no point in hating them! The probability of dying in the jaws of a superpredator is the same as falling back from a bad fall from the sofa - 1 in 3.7 million. Author: Anna Belkina Editor: Elizaveta Isaeva 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot