Apr 8, 2020
// Wait, so sharks can actually be as big as Bruce? and here I thought he was an exaggerated cartoon character.
Oh yes! Female great whites (males are smaller) can be 20 feet long. Females ranging 15-16ft are the most common, but larger ones do exist. Deep Blue is a famous female 20-footer; you can see videos of her casually swimming alongside a free-diving human.
While great whites are wild animals and their presence demands respect, the videos just show how little sharks are actually bent on hunting humans. Which is, they don’t. We’re too lean and bony for great whites who favor energy-rich blubber from whales and seals.
