Air Jaws by Aniela

Great white sharks are the most agile, aggressive, vicious,  scavengers in the world.  They breach to catch unfortunate prey inside the ring of death.  They are the ferocious Air Jaws.

Habitat - South Africa, dozens patrol the seas at Seal island. Seal island has the densest population of sharks.

Diet - These sharks will devour dozens of seals around Seal island as well as other animals such as whales.

Breaching - 400 yards out from the island is the 'ring of death' were the seals mainly get hunted. The Sharks prefer to hunt in this ring because there is more chance for a successful. They camouflage themselves in deep murky waters then launch out of the water causing an attack or miss, if the seal sees it coming. The trajectory of attack is parallel towards its prey when in shallow water and vertical when in deep.

Behaviour - A touch to the shark's snout will stop it cold. They show signs of aggression and have strange behaviour. They are very cautious around things they don't understand such as boats. They are initially attracted to them until quickly backing away. They develop a change of behaviour when they are full.

Humans are not a threat to Great White Sharks, many scientists study these incredible animals at Seal Island. Scientists can not interfere but they have been observing these magnificent sharks and constructing experiments to find more about how these sharks behave. They insert a tag inside the sharks to track interaction, size etc but scientists are still learning how these fascinating sharks breach. Great Whites are not just aggressive scavengers, their intelligence, interactions with other sharks and behaviour is outstanding.