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Curious about Brian's view as a great white chomped his kayak? Check out this video to see what it's like to come face to face with a great white shark!

Often, when great white sharks actually do get a bite of a person, they don’t like what they’re tasting. It’s rare that great white shark bites are fatal. Eighty- five percent of people who have been bitten by a great white shark have lived to tell the tale. During a great white shark attack, it’s common for the shark to take one bite of a person and decide that it is no longer interested. Marine biologists believe that great white sharks do not enjoy preying on people because we are simply too bony for their tastes! Bones take a long time to move through a shark’s digestive system, which stops them from eating some kinds of food. They prefer the fatty blubber they find on seals and other marine life. Great white sharks are huge animals; they can weigh up to 2,400 lbs. (1088.622 kg). It takes an enormous number of calories for their bodies to stay warm and keep moving, and fatty ocean animals provide them with the energy they need.

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