Gargantua The Great White Shark Fidget

Fidgeting with a Great White Shark makes you fast and curious. Gargantua says so!

Scientific name: Carcharodon carcharias

Size: Usually 11–16 feet long, but some reach over 20 feet.

Weight: Around 1,500–4,000 pounds.

Lifespan: Up to 70 years.

Habitat: Found in temperate and coastal waters worldwide — hotspots include South Africa, California, and Australia.

Traits & Abilities:

Keen senses: They can detect a drop of blood in millions of gallons of water and sense the electric fields from prey’s muscle movements.

Top predator: They feed on seals, sea lions, fish, and sometimes even smaller sharks.

Breaching hunters: In places like South Africa, they launch themselves completely out of the water to catch seals — a rare behavior in sharks.

Solitary but curious: Usually alone but sometimes observed in loose social groups with a sort of pecking order.

Warm-blooded (sort of): They can regulate their body temperature to be warmer than the surrounding water, giving them bursts of speed.

Fun/Scary Bit:

Great whites don’t actually like eating humans — most bites are “sample” bites when they mistake us for seals. Unfortunately, that sample is enough to ruin your whole day.