How long is a great white shark?

Compared with things you know

• About the same length as a family car (4.5 m)
• About 63% of the width of a full-size football goal (7.32 m)
• About 38% as long as a city bus (12 m)

Did you know?

A great white has about 300 serrated, triangular teeth, and lost teeth are continuously replaced.

More sizes

• Saltwater crocodile4.3 m · 14.1 ft long
• Giraffe5.5 m · 18 ft tall
• White rhinoceros3.7 m · 12.1 ft long
• African elephant3.2 m · 10.5 ft tall at the shoulder
• Bottlenose dolphin3 m · 9 ft 10 in long
• Atlantic bluefin tuna2.25 m · 7 ft 5 in long

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