MadSci Network: Zoology |
Very little is known about the great white shark, but one incident of predation where the great white was the "eaten", instead of the "eater", has been observed, and even videotaped! The predator was an orca (killer whale). The encounter is described, with a video file available online, at this site: http://www.syspac.com/~dolphin/stories/orca_vs_shark.html The orca and the great white are predators that share the same prey--primarily seals and sea lions, so they occasionally cross paths. The orca is likely to win any arguments due to its larger size. In the encounter described on the website referred to above, the orca was about 20 feet long, with the great white about 10 feet long.
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