Two additions:
One, great whites are not entirely solitary. The population off the Farallons is semi-social to a point, and this covers a little of their habits:
http://www.newser.com/story/152103/athei...ium=united
Two, they are not "stupid." By fish standards, they are pretty complex thinkers.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-na...harks.html
Since they have historically been only a mid-level predator, their sense of self-preservation is still quite strong. A friend of mine, a Navy Seal, was doing underwater night demolitions drills somewhere off San Diego about ten years ago, and when he had finished placing a charge, he said he got a strange feeling and turned around to find a massive great white drifting right behind him. He said it was the most frightening thing he has ever experienced. Laughing, he said that after "shitting" himself metaphorically, he was surprised to see the giant shark void its bowels and take off like it had seen a ghost. It seemed to have been startled by his movement.
One, great whites are not entirely solitary. The population off the Farallons is semi-social to a point, and this covers a little of their habits:
http://www.newser.com/story/152103/athei...ium=united
Two, they are not "stupid." By fish standards, they are pretty complex thinkers.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-na...harks.html
Since they have historically been only a mid-level predator, their sense of self-preservation is still quite strong. A friend of mine, a Navy Seal, was doing underwater night demolitions drills somewhere off San Diego about ten years ago, and when he had finished placing a charge, he said he got a strange feeling and turned around to find a massive great white drifting right behind him. He said it was the most frightening thing he has ever experienced. Laughing, he said that after "shitting" himself metaphorically, he was surprised to see the giant shark void its bowels and take off like it had seen a ghost. It seemed to have been startled by his movement.
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