Shark Weight - The Most Massive Sharks

SHARK WEEK MINI-GRAPHIC #2 SHARK WEIGHT THE MOST MASSIVE SHARKS Several species of sharks can grow to an impressive size. In general, length is much easier to measure accurately than weight, because few people are willing to carry around a truck scale with them! Below are the best estimates at the world's heaviest sharks. WEIGHT 50,000 Ibs 22,6780 kg WHALE SHARK Length: 40 ft (12.2 m) Weight: 46,300 lbs (21,000 kg) 40,000 Ibs 18,144 kg BASKING SHARK 30,000 Ibs Length: 30-38 ft (9.1-11.6 m) Weight: 32,000 Ibs (14,515 kg) 13,608 kg 5,000 Ibs 2.268 kg GREAT WHITE SHARK 4,000 lbs Length: 20 ft (6.1 m) Weight: 4,200 Ibs (1,905 kg) 1,814 kg 3,000 Ibs 1,361 kg GREENLAND SHARK Length: 14 ft (4.3 m) Weight: 2,248 Ibs (1,020 kg) 2,000 Ibs 907 kg TIGER SHARK Length: 10-14 ft (3-4.3 m) Weight: 1,400 Ilbs (635 kg) 1,000 Ibs 454 kg O lbs LENGTH O kg ft 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 ft 1.5 3.0 4.6 6.1 7.6 9.1 10.7 12.2 m © 2OOLOGYDEGREEONLINE.COM SOURCE: flmnh.ufl.edu Created under a Creative Commons License BY NC ND wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark elasmo-research.org/education/topics/r_big_fish_stories.htm einfopedia.com/the-biggest-sharks-the-heaviest-or-largest-worlds-sharks-species.php