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.
Great white sharks may not be the world's biggest sharks, since that title goes to the whale shark, but they are the planet's largest known predatory fish. Whale sharks and great whites couldn't be more different in temperament.
I give you the biggest white shark ever seen in front of the cages in Guadalupe Islandâ¦Deep Blue. Shark researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla. The latest sighting of her was in water near Mexico's Guadalupe Island. It is estimated at 50 years old and thought to be one of the biggest in the world today. The shark, who is estimated to be around 50 years old, is believed to be one of the largest great white sharks ever seen. Shark researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla has been able to tag the shark.