1.   The great white has a certain notoriety for being the only shark species to attack humans without apparent cause.

2.   Police have called in professional shark hunters in a bid to kill the great white.

3.   Great whites, also known as white pointers, are the biggest and most dangerous shark species found in the waters around Australia.

4.   Both featured a marauding great white that terrorized swimmers near crowded beaches.

5.   Both have their own parameters to define greatness, but only the great white can take your breath away, haunt your dreams.

6.   A human has too much muscle and not enough fat for a great white.

7.   According to Bob Fletcher of the Sportfishing Association of California, the ban of fishing for great whites passed because no one opposed it.

8.   But Klimley also observed that a great white would take a tentative bite of an unfamiliar object and then spit it out.

9.   But new research is challenging that notion and shedding light on the hidden life of the great white, revealing a finicky eater that may find people unpalatable.

10.   California, South Africa and Australia have taken steps to try to save the great white, and other states and countries are considering such conservation efforts.