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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/02/zrk74ylilrgjkpv1zut1.png?quality=75&w=102410241024Great white sharks aren’t the unstoppable killing machines of Hollywood’s imagination, but studies have continuously shown that they’re definitely badasses of evolution. A new paper out this week adds to that resume, finding that great whites can easily withstand levels of heavy metals that would kill most other animals, all without any apparent health problems.