Article: GREAT WHITE SHARK NO MINDLESS KILLER.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: MANUEL MENDOZA Dallas Morning News

Meet Stumpy, an 18-foot great white shark known to singlehandedly devour three 500-pound elephant seals in one hunting season.

But contrary to popular myth, she is not a mindless killing machine. In fact, Stumpy's got personality.

``She is an extremely efficient hunter,'' says Paul Atkins, co-producer of the new ``National Geographic Special: Great White Shark,'' airing at 8 tonight on WNYT, Channel 13. ``She's an ambush predator, and she comes out of nowhere. If you take a boat out while Stumpy's feeding, she will usually not pay any attention to the boat and her feeding gets over very quickly ...

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