Great white sharks are usually seen as cold-blooded killers, thanks to films like "Jaws."
But the truth is, great whites rarely attack humans. More people are killed by kitchen toasters each year than by sharks.
It's the great white's extraordinary killer instincts that give these sea beasts such a misleading reputation. Still, so much about the great white remains a mystery.
In the documentary series "Inside Nature's Giants," experts carve open a great white to understand more about this species' behavior and evolution.
Scroll down to see the fascinating dissection.
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South Africa's Mossel Bay is a popular tourist spot known for its dense population of great whites. In 2010, a massive great white was caught in a beach net designed to protect humans. The female 12-year-old shark weighed nearly 2,000 pounds and was 15 feet long.
The first thing you'll notice is the stomach in the shark's mouth. Scientists aren't sure why this happened, but they think the shark may have vomited out its own stomach in the panic of being trapped in a net.
The shark is lowered down onto the dissection table and the first cut is made. The skin of the shark is like slicing through sand paper.
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