Great White Breaching:

An ambush tactic, combined with the shark's ability to attain high speeds and its considerable mass, often cause great white sharks to breach (in a similar fashion to a whale breach) when attacking seals. Other sharks which have been observed to breach the water are the thresher shark, shortfin mako, longfin mako, spinner shark, basking shark, blacktip shark, salmon shark, porbeagle shark and the copper shark.

The great white shark will often deliver a massive disabling bite and then back off to allow the prey to expire. This tactic allows the animal to avoid combat with dangerous prey, such as sea lions. It also has allowed occasional rescue of humans bitten by the animal, though it appears to attack humans mostly in error.

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