Large, fast and with a powerful bite, at number one meet the fearsome great white shark. Attracting a notorious reputation following the 1975 film Jaws, the great white has the most recorded unprovoked human attacks at 351, including 59 fatalities.

Great whites mostly target marine mammals like seals and sea lions. They are found in oceans worldwide in temperate and tropical waters. Large populations live in Australia and South Africa, as well as America’s Atlantic coast, the Gulf of California and the Mediterranean.

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