The numbers were shocking, and as I reviewed the assorted elasmobranch formulas for calculating overall length based on bites, I ended up going with the most conservative one available. “When I investigated evidence of giant sharks for Monsters & Marine Mysteries, I was dealing with bite widths that ranged from 27 to an astounding 48 inches. Hawthorne’s take on the photos was surprising.

The photographs were investigated by award-winning author and world-record-holding angler Max Hawthorne, whose #1 Amazon bestselling marine biology book Monsters & Marine Mysteries included investigations into multiple mega shark sightings. But how big was it? And was the bite fresh or something that had simply “stretched” over the years? The bite is gigantic – far too large to have been caused by a similar sized shark. Seabatch stood out to Euan because she had a huge bite scar on her left side, one that went from the front of her pectoral fin all the way to the back of her dorsal. In 2019, marine photographer Euan Rannachan took underwater photos of a female great white shark known as Seabatch. However, recent photographs indicate there is a far larger specimen out there - one that eats its own kind. Maximum size estimates of white sharks have varied over the years, with conservative estimates listing 20 feet as being as big as they get.

Max HawthorneBUCKINGHAM, PA, US, Aug/ / - Evidence has surfaced that suggests that “Deep Blue”, the oft filmed 20-foot female great white shark, is not really the biggest one out there.

Monsters of the deep blue shark