Carotid artery. Carotid artery disease is caused by a buildup of plaques in arteries that deliver blood to your brain. Plaques are clumps of cholesterol, calcium, fibrous tissue and other cellular debris that gather at microscopic injury sites within the artery. This process is called atherosclerosis.
One of the biggest great white sharks ever caught on tape. Before you go, we thought you'd like these... Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico, nearly 165 miles away from mainland.
The monster tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) pictured here may no longer be the IGFA world record catch, but itâs so huge I couldnât exclude it from this list. Angler Walter Maxwell caught the behemoth from the end of the Cherry Grove Fishing Pier in Myrtle Beach, SC, on June 14, 1964.