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made in the Gulf of Maine; in Massachusetts Bay; off Portland, Maine; 

 within the Bay of Fundy; and around Nova Scotia. On the Pacific Coast, 

 it has been taken at least as far north as Washington. 



Great Whites are theoretically pelagic, but many have been taken in 

 fish traps within a few yards of the beach in the vicinity of Woods 

 Hole, Massachusetts, and on Cape Cod. They have been harpooned in 

 10 feet of water off Provincetown, Massachusetts, and even within 2 

 miles of a bathing beach in Boston harbor. A Great White once attacked 

 a fisherman in a dory on St. Pierre Bank, south of Newfoundland. The 

 species was determined by teeth left behind on the dory's scarred hull. 



In southern waters, Great Whites are more frequently seen— and 

 encountered. Many of the attacks on bathers have been blamed on the 

 Great White in Australia, where this man-eater also bears the chillingly 

 descriptive name of White Death. 



A Great White 7^ feet long was caught in 15 fathoms 12 miles off 

 Port Aransas, Texas, on February 9th, 1950. Seven days later, a second 

 Great White, lli/4 feet long, was caught in the same area. And 10 days 

 later a third— this one 12 feet, 2 inches long— was caught there. Yet 

 there had never been a previously reported catch in Texas waters. 

 Similarly ominous appearances of this reputedly rare shark have been 

 reported in California waters in recent years. Captures of these man- 

 eaters off Florida and the West Indies have been infrequent, but reports 

 of their presence have been disturbingly frequent. And always they 

 carry the portent of death with them. 



Sighted by someone who knows its sinister silhouette, the Great 

 White is unmistakable. Its huge body, ranging in shade from gray to 

 black above, is usually a glistening white below. Its blackish dorsal 

 fin frequently protrudes above the surface as it cruises. (Drawings of 

 the Great White sometimes show it twisting on its back to bite. The 

 misconception has persisted that sharks must turn on their backs to bite. 

 This is not true of any shark, with one qualification. Very large sharks, 

 in confined areas or when excited, particularly the "rigid-bodied" pelagic 

 sharks, such as the Great White, cannot turn quickly. Their bodies are 

 too stiff. Under certain conditions, then, they may turn sideways, or 

 even all the way over when attacking.) 



Mako Sharks 



{hums oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810) 



{hums glaucus Miiller and Henle, 1841 ) 



Zane Grey, known to most people as a writer on the American West, 



was also one of America's greatest sport fishermen. He called the Mako 



"a premier sporting fish, as game as beautiful, as ferocious as enduring." 



Pound for pound, it is one of the strongest, swiftest of sharks. At 10 



