The mystery of the incredible sex life of white sharks

After the famous Big Jaw movie in the cinemas in 1975, the great white shark became one of the most recognized sharks in the world.

Great white sharks and their mysterious sexual behavior

But although this predatory fish has a strong scientific and public attention in the last few decades, there are still many things we do not know about the large, dense white shark. especially if they talk about their sexual behavior .

Great white sharks - Carcharodon carcharias - is the largest predatory shark in the sea and can be found in the nearshore waters of all oceans.

In the northeastern Pacific, great white sharks seem to have a breeding ground, such as Guadalupe island off the coast of Mexico, but it is unknown whether other large white shark populations use war. This mating strategy, according to Michael Domeier of the Institute of Marine Conservation Science.

Scientists also do not know how great white sharks do it - in fact, their sexual behavior has never been seen firsthand, unlike the case of other sharks.

' Watching great white sharks mate harder than other species, because this species is very rare, very dangerous when underwater with it without using shark-resistant cages, and they are often in places with cold water and opaque, " Mr. Domeier said.

Studies have shown that this fish reaches sexual maturity at the age of 15, and males have a peculiar fins called clasper to conceive (inside).

Based on the observation of other shark species, scientists believe that the male white shark must first bite the female near its pectoral or head, which gives the male enough momentum to put the lobe on its into the children. The female fish then migrated for two years, a behavior that seems to be related to its 18-month gestation .

After laying off the fry , this fish begins in the first years of life in the coastal waters, the female returns to the breeding ground to continue mating. It seems that the males return to breeding grounds every two years off Guadalupe Island.