How big is a great white shark?
5 m long · 16.4 ft
Large adults reach about five meters.
Basketball player 2 m
Great white shark 5 m
Compared with things you know
- A great white shark is about 2.9× the height of an average person Average person: 1.7 m
- A great white shark is about 2.5× the height of a basketball player Basketball player: 2 m
- A great white shark is about 2.5× the height of a door Door: 2.03 m
- A great white shark is about 1.1× the length of a family car Family car: 4.5 m
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- Saltwater crocodile 5 m long 16.4 ft
- Green anaconda 5 m long 16.4 ft
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- African elephant 6 m long 19.7 ft
- Hippopotamus 4 m long 13.1 ft
- White rhinoceros 3.8 m long 12.5 ft