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Article: Little great white.(White shark)
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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Moms, dads, and kids crowded around the window at Monterey Bay Aquarium. When a small gray-and-white shark swam by, a woman squealed, "There she is!"
Eight-year-old Sammy gazed up at the shark. He saw the rows of perfectly white, perfectly sharp teeth. "She's really pretty," said Sammy, "but a little scary, too."
The shark was a baby "great white shark." (Scientists call them white sharks). They have a terrifying reputation. Sometimes the sharks attack swimmers, probably because the shark mistakes the swimmer for a seal or sea lion. Attacks on humans are rare. But many movies make people think that these sharks are monsters waiting to eat them.
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