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How big is a great white shark tooth?

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A great white shark, like all sharks, may have up to 3,000 teeth at one time with five rows of teeth at any given time. The front set of teeth is the largest and does most of the biting. Like all sharks, the great white shark may grow and use more than 20,000 teeth in its lifetime. read more

Side by side in the photo below is a very large Megalodon Tooth at just over 6 inches long and a replica of a near record size Great White tooth at 2 1/2 inches long. The largest known Megalodon tooth is about 7 3/8 inches in length. read more

The biggest Great White Shark on record was 23 feet so Great Whites can probably just get up to 23 feet 35 to 40 feet Great White Sharks usually reach or exceed 20 feet in length. The largest on record was a 36 foot individual caught in the 1870s off the coast of Southern Australia. read more

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