| 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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