A killer whale is captured on camera hunting and 'eviscerating' a great white shark in less than two minutes.
A solitary killer whale, or orca, has been filmed hunting and killing a great white shark in an "astonishing" attack.Two orcas in particular off South Africa's coast have been observed before working together to hunt and kill sharks, including great whites.Dr Towner, who is from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, has studied the animals for several years. She and her colleagues published a detailed and grisly account of their new observations.
In this newly reported attack, Starboard hunted on his own. Scientists described how the orca gripped the left pectoral fin of a 2.5m long juvenile shark and "thrust forward several times before eventually eviscerating it". "It's interesting that it's just one animal," he told BBC News, and how much skill it demonstrates in tackling the shark - ramming it in the side and grabbing the pectoral fin to keep away from those big, nasty jaws.
The scientists do not know what is driving the behaviour, but Dr Towner told BBC News that it was becoming evident that "human activities, like climate change and industrial fishing, are exerting significant pressures on our oceans".
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