who's insane enough to keep one these

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castro1212

castro1212

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as im watching sharkweek i thought how awesome would it be to be able to keep a great white shark. providing you had the money and space to house one of these monsters and it was legal. would you? i would certainly keep one
 
I seem to recall reading somewhere on this forum that whites tend to rub on the sides of the aquarium, which is a problem seen in most pelagic species I believe. I am definitely no expert on the subject however, so I could be entirely off base with this. I just seem to recall reading it somewhere.
 
I get what you are saying, it would obviously need to be a massive enclosure for one of the apex predators of the oceans. I just recall that being the problem for public aquariums trying to house them. That being said, in theory, a fully grown, healthy adult thriving in captivity would be a sight to see for sure.
 
The only place that's successfully kept one is Monterey bay aquarium. They eventually had to release it because it started getting bored with its prepared food and killed some of the other sharks

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i know if i had a pocket as deep as bill gates i would see to it that it was successfully housed to adulthood and through out its life. maybe if a huge aquarium ever goes bankrupt and one of us has the funds to buy it maybe then we'll be able to see one in captivity because lets face it no aquarium that is open to the public will feed it live food if it gets bored with prepared foods.
 
Great whites basically invented SDS lol, maybe they are just supposed to stay in the ocean.
A part of me wishes that they will one day manage to keep one till adulthood though.
 
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