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Why can t great white sharks live in captivity?

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As to Great White Sharks, we always used them as an analogy when explaining to the public why we had no Leatherback patients. This is speculation, but I'm guessing that both species being open-ocean, pelagic, migratory species has something to do with their inability to do well in captivity. read more

The shark’s death will undergo an investigation, although this story appears to be in tune with the long history of unsuccessful attempts to hold great whites in captivity. For example, in 1981, SeaWorld in San Francisco held a great white, which it released just 16 days later after it refused to eat. “The cause of death is clear: captivity. read more

There are countless theories as to why Great White Sharks have not yet been successfully bred and kept in captivity. Despite the successes of the recent five week record and previous 16 day survival of a Great White Shark in captivity, a single Great White Shark has never survived in a tank in an aquarium. read more

This is the longest anyone has ever kept a great white in captivity, and it likely won’t happen again anytime soon because – despite the moderate success – sharks still have a really, really stressful time in captivity, even if everything is going right. read more

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