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Watch Biologists Measure The G-Force Of A Great White Shark's Strike

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Is a Great White shark's strike strong enough to kill a seal on impact?

Biologists attempt to find out by measuring the power of a shark attack as part of the Discovery Channel's "Air Jaws Apocalypse" episode.  

To determine whether a Great White shark's flying attack is powerful enough to kill a seal on impact, researchers head to Seal Island in South Africa.

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Nobody knows what a seal can withstand, but the team imagines that the force of a shark's strike from a depth of 100 feet is comparable to a human being hit by a car.

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The force of acceleration on a body is known as g-force and is measured in g's.

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