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Canada great white shark (1983), the world’s largest accurately measured great white shark ever. According to the Canadian Shark Research Center, the world’s largest accurately measured great white was 20 feet (6.1 meters) in length.
The largest ever shark, and one of the largest fish ever to live on Earth, is the extinct megalodon (Otodus megalodon; formerly Carcharodon megalodon) which is believed to have reached up to 20 m (65 ft) long, with a mouth perhaps 2 m (6 ft) wide.
The megalodon holds the record for the largest shark ever, making it the ultimate apex predator. The extinct animal is one of the largest fish to ever live on Earth, and it’s believed to have reached up to 20 m (65 ft) long.
The largest thresher shark ever recorded was 24.9 feet (7.6 m) long, and the heaviest weighed more than 750 pounds (340 kg), according to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Thresher...
The megalodon, which went extinct millions of years ago, was the largest shark ever to prowl the oceans and one of the largest fish on record. The scientific name, Otodus megalodon, means...
Deep Blue’s fame as the biggest great white shark in the world reached even greater heights when the footage from the encounter was featured on Discovery’s “Shark Week” and national news networks.
Deep Blue is a female great white shark that is estimated to be 6.1 m (20 ft) long or larger and is now sixty years old. She is believed to be one of the largest ever recorded in history. The shark was first spotted in Mexico by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. Deep Blue was featured on the Discovery Channel's Shark Week.
Estimates suggest megalodon actually grew to between 15 and 18 metres in length, three times longer than the largest recorded great white shark. It may have been comparable in length to today's biggest whale sharks, the largest of which has measured in at 18.8 metres.
The world record for the single largest shark ever caught on a rod and reel belongs to a man named Alfred Dean. His fish has the distinction of being not only the largest great white shark caught by an angler but also the single biggest fish ever recorded by the International Game Fish Association.
Growing up to 20 meters long and weighing 12,500 kilograms, the whale shark is without a doubt the largest shark in the world. Its fusiform body is broad in the mid-section and narrows in the head and tail.