Great White in Captivity

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Look at the nose of the shark in the first picture. That's when you know that you've taken a migratory animal out of its habitat. All that scar tissue is from bumping on the sides of the tank. Another note, at sea world here in san diego, the reason why shamu's (killer whale) dorsal fins curl down is cause the water level is too low, to where it's exposed to the sun and it curls that way. It's used to deep oceans, not a plexiglass swimming pool. In the wild they're not like that. Kind of sad to think about it.



jayclarke said:
Found these pics of the 1st Great White Shark 2b kept in Captivity and survive. Nobody has ever got one of these truly MONSTER fish to eat b4. They have had 2release her back in2 the wild because she started eating her tank mates! Enjoy
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milk_and_mallard said:
... Another note, at sea world here in san diego, the reason why shamu's (killer whale) dorsal fins curl down is cause the water level is too low, to where it's exposed to the sun and it curls that way. It's used to deep oceans, not a plexiglass swimming pool. In the wild they're not like that. Kind of sad to think about it.
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I hate to say it but I disagree. They large whale at Sea World San Diego dorsal fin is they way it is due to genetics. That whale is from a pod that has curved dorsal fins. The dorsal fins are one of the ways researchers make IDs of the whales in the open ocean. They have ID books with hundreds of pictures of the dorsal fins of different whales. The grey\white saddle patch just behind the dorsal fin is something else used to ID the whales. The pod he is from has many whales with the same style of curvature. So knowing that the curved dorsal fin happens in nature, that is the open ocean, then the ocean must not be deep enough? Does that make since? You would be amazed at what stuff people come up with as to why dorsal fins are curved LOL.

And, working with great whites and other large sharks is out of this world! And I still have all my fingers and toes. Sure, a few scars here and there but that just adds character!
 
Keeper of Sharks said:
I hate to say it but I disagree. They large whale at Sea World San Diego dorsal fin is they way it is due to genetics. That whale is from a pod that has curved dorsal fins. The dorsal fins are one of the ways researchers make IDs of the whales in the open ocean. They have ID books with hundreds of pictures of the dorsal fins of different whales. The grey\white saddle patch just behind the dorsal fin is something else used to ID the whales. The pod he is from has many whales with the same style of curvature. So knowing that the curved dorsal fin happens in nature, that is the open ocean, then the ocean must not be deep enough? Does that make since? You would be amazed at what stuff people come up with as to why dorsal fins are curved LOL.

And, working with great whites and other large sharks is out of this world! And I still have all my fingers and toes. Sure, a few scars here and there but that just adds character!
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you have sharks any pics?
 
Keeper of Sharks said:
I hate to say it but I disagree. They large whale at Sea World San Diego dorsal fin is they way it is due to genetics. That whale is from a pod that has curved dorsal fins. The dorsal fins are one of the ways researchers make IDs of the whales in the open ocean. They have ID books with hundreds of pictures of the dorsal fins of different whales. The grey\white saddle patch just behind the dorsal fin is something else used to ID the whales. The pod he is from has many whales with the same style of curvature. So knowing that the curved dorsal fin happens in nature, that is the open ocean, then the ocean must not be deep enough? Does that make since? You would be amazed at what stuff people come up with as to why dorsal fins are curved LOL.

And, working with great whites and other large sharks is out of this world! And I still have all my fingers and toes. Sure, a few scars here and there but that just adds character!
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didnt know that was the reason
 
how big is a 750 g. tank?? what arethe deminsions? I think a nurse shark would be your best bet, but I am positive it will still outgrow your tank in a couple of years.. plus the cost of feeding it.. they consume 50% of its weight a day.. so when it gets big? that is a lot of fish to feed it!
 
Keeper of Sharks said:
I hate to say it but I disagree. They large whale at Sea World San Diego dorsal fin is they way it is due to genetics. That whale is from a pod that has curved dorsal fins. The dorsal fins are one of the ways researchers make IDs of the whales in the open ocean. They have ID books with hundreds of pictures of the dorsal fins of different whales. The grey\white saddle patch just behind the dorsal fin is something else used to ID the whales. The pod he is from has many whales with the same style of curvature. So knowing that the curved dorsal fin happens in nature, that is the open ocean, then the ocean must not be deep enough? Does that make since? You would be amazed at what stuff people come up with as to why dorsal fins are curved LOL.

And, working with great whites and other large sharks is out of this world! And I still have all my fingers and toes. Sure, a few scars here and there but that just adds character!
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:grinyes: Just about sums it up. Glad you said it, cuz I have a bad habbit on rambling on, LOL! There is more to it - you know that, but I think for the comment you were replying to, that'll do donkey, that'll do! LOL I love shrek, sorry, hahaha.
 
Actually, if you do your research a Greatwhite was kept in captivity, I believe in the early eighties or even earlier. I saw Black and white video of it eating. Unfortunatlly they had to let it go due to a leak in the undersized tank. The one in Monterey Bay was the first long term captivity of something like 198 days. Prior to that was about 15 or 16 days.
 
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