Great White Shark Hunting

Carolus Linnaeus gave great white shark its first scientific name, Squalus carcharias in 1778. Sir Andrew Smith gave it the generic name Carcharodon in 1833, and in 1873 the generic name was identified with Linnaeus' specific name and the current scientific name Carcharodon carcharias was finalised. Carcharodon comes from the Greek words karcharos, which means sharp or jagged, and odous, which means tooth..
The best selling novel Jaws and the subsequent film by Steven Spielberg depicted the great white shark as a "ferocious man eater". In reality, humans are not the preferred prey item of great white shark.