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 second biggest fish ever caught on a rod and reel. Before Mundus & Braddickâs huge Great White catch, the previous record for the biggest fish ever caught on a rod and reel happened on April 21, 1959. Thatâs when Alfred Dean caught a 2,664-pound great white shark off the coast of south Australia. Amazingly, it only took Dean 50 minutes to reel in this monster.