New research shows that great white sharks power their
non-stop journeys of more than 2,500 miles with energy stored as fat and oil in
their massive livers. The findings provide novel insights into the biology of
these ocean predators.
Great white sharks are not exactly known as picky eaters, so
it might seem obvious that these voracious predators would dine often and well
on their migrations across the Pacific Ocean. But not so, according to new
research by scientists at Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.