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07-22-2018, 11:15 PM( This post was last modified: 07-22-2018, 11:18 PM by Genghis )
I'm very surprised that this forum doesn't have a thread dedicated to 'Shark predations'... considering the fact that Sharks, especially the Great White, is one of the greatest and easily the most fearsome and devastating predator on earth! So, i'll start one...
"Sharks are apex predators throughout the ocean, yet relatively few studies have quantified or determined factors influencing their hunting behaviour and predatory success rates. The waters surrounding Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa, provide a unique opportunity to study predator-prey interactions involving Great White Sharks (hereafter white sharks). During the winter, white sharks visit Seal Island to hunt Cape fur seals. About 48% of surface attacks on seals result in successful kills. Attack frequency is high, averaging 6.68 per day, with as many as 43 recorded in a single day. Sharks attack seals on the surface via a sudden vertical rush, which propels predator and prey out of the water in an awesome display of power and acrobatic prowess"...
(07-22-2018, 11:15 PM)Genghis Wrote: I'm very surprised that this forum doesn't have a thread dedicated to 'Shark predations'... considering the fact that Sharks, especially the Great White, is one of the greatest and easily the most fearsome and devastating predator on earth! So, i'll start one...
"Sharks are apex predators throughout the ocean, yet relatively few studies have quantified or determined factors influencing their hunting behaviour and predatory success rates. The waters surrounding Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa, provide a unique opportunity to study predator-prey interactions involving Great White Sharks (hereafter white sharks). During the winter, white sharks visit Seal Island to hunt Cape fur seals. About 48% of surface attacks on seals result in successful kills. Attack frequency is high, averaging 6.68 per day, with as many as 43 recorded in a single day. Sharks attack seals on the surface via a sudden vertical rush, which propels predator and prey out of the water in an awesome display of power and acrobatic prowess"...
Great White Shark Predation on Northern Elephant seals
44 elephant seals with shark-inflicted injuries were observed. - Even the largest adult bulls, measuring between 1800 - 2700 kg were observed with shark bites. Interesting to note, is that adult male's had the highest injury rate, showing that white sharks attacked the huge bulls more often than the females and young:
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Shark-attack wounds on two large adult bull elephant seals:
ABC were being honest when they said that they didn't know exactly how the juvenile blue whale attracted a gang of orcas, in the article of the bottom, but Gizmodo claimed to know what ate that 9-foot (2.7 m) great white. I'm not ruling out the possibility that a much bigger GW did it, considering that a length of 18 feet (5.5 m) can be reached, but what they have is only speculation, they don't really know what ate that smaller shark.
ABC were being honest when they said that they didn't know exactly how the juvenile blue whale attracted a gang of orcas, in the article of the bottom, but Gizmodo claimed to know what ate that 9-foot (2.7 m) great white. I'm not ruling out the possibility that a much bigger GW did it, considering that a length of 18 feet (5.5 m) can be reached, but what they have is only speculation, they don't really know what ate that smaller shark.
It was just 9 feet shark, which was eaten or partially eaten. If that tag was attached to dorsal fin, quite easy to understand how that tag ended up inside belly of bigger shark or orca.
And as now those pygmy blue whale - orca cases show, many "mysteries" can be later explained with well known animals, not some "mystery giant sharks" in sizes never seen. It looks like creating myths out of nowhere sells, that´s only explanation I can understand why we see these "35 feet shark" videos time to time. One common thing with all of those videos, they never find anything, just hyping up with nothing really.
ABC were being honest when they said that they didn't know exactly how the juvenile blue whale attracted a gang of orcas, in the article of the bottom, but Gizmodo claimed to know what ate that 9-foot (2.7 m) great white. I'm not ruling out the possibility that a much bigger GW did it, considering that a length of 18 feet (5.5 m) can be reached, but what they have is only speculation, they don't really know what ate that smaller shark.
It was just 9 feet shark, which was eaten or partially eaten. If that tag was attached to dorsal fin, quite easy to understand how that tag ended up inside belly of bigger shark or orca.
And as now those pygmy blue whale - orca cases show, many "mysteries" can be later explained with well known animals, not some "mystery giant sharks" in sizes never seen. It looks like creating myths out of nowhere sells, that´s only explanation I can understand why we see these "35 feet shark" videos time to time. One common thing with all of those videos, they never find anything, just hyping up with nothing really.
ABC were being honest when they said that they didn't know exactly how the juvenile blue whale attracted a gang of orcas, in the article of the bottom, but Gizmodo claimed to know what ate that 9-foot (2.7 m) great white. I'm not ruling out the possibility that a much bigger GW did it, considering that a length of 18 feet (5.5 m) can be reached, but what they have is only speculation, they don't really know what ate that smaller shark.
It was just 9 feet shark, which was eaten or partially eaten. If that tag was attached to dorsal fin, quite easy to understand how that tag ended up inside belly of bigger shark or orca.
And as now those pygmy blue whale - orca cases show, many "mysteries" can be later explained with well known animals, not some "mystery giant sharks" in sizes never seen. It looks like creating myths out of nowhere sells, that´s only explanation I can understand why we see these "35 feet shark" videos time to time. One common thing with all of those videos, they never find anything, just hyping up with nothing really.
Did you read that text in the link of yours? They identified it as a whale shark, so nothing strange in it. I would recommend cryptozoology thread for mythical creatures, this thread is after all shark predation and meant for extant species and predation. Of course when there is some identified shark and a story concerning it, ocean thread is also a good choice.
ABC were being honest when they said that they didn't know exactly how the juvenile blue whale attracted a gang of orcas, in the article of the bottom, but Gizmodo claimed to know what ate that 9-foot (2.7 m) great white. I'm not ruling out the possibility that a much bigger GW did it, considering that a length of 18 feet (5.5 m) can be reached, but what they have is only speculation, they don't really know what ate that smaller shark.
It was just 9 feet shark, which was eaten or partially eaten. If that tag was attached to dorsal fin, quite easy to understand how that tag ended up inside belly of bigger shark or orca.
And as now those pygmy blue whale - orca cases show, many "mysteries" can be later explained with well known animals, not some "mystery giant sharks" in sizes never seen. It looks like creating myths out of nowhere sells, that´s only explanation I can understand why we see these "35 feet shark" videos time to time. One common thing with all of those videos, they never find anything, just hyping up with nothing really.
Did you read that text in the link of yours? They identified it as a whale shark, so nothing strange in it. I would recommend cryptozoology thread for mythical creatures, this thread is after all shark predation and meant for extant species and predation. Of course when there is some identified shark and a story concerning it, ocean thread is also a good choice.
ABC were being honest when they said that they didn't know exactly how the juvenile blue whale attracted a gang of orcas, in the article of the bottom, but Gizmodo claimed to know what ate that 9-foot (2.7 m) great white. I'm not ruling out the possibility that a much bigger GW did it, considering that a length of 18 feet (5.5 m) can be reached, but what they have is only speculation, they don't really know what ate that smaller shark.
It was just 9 feet shark, which was eaten or partially eaten. If that tag was attached to dorsal fin, quite easy to understand how that tag ended up inside belly of bigger shark or orca.
And as now those pygmy blue whale - orca cases show, many "mysteries" can be later explained with well known animals, not some "mystery giant sharks" in sizes never seen. It looks like creating myths out of nowhere sells, that´s only explanation I can understand why we see these "35 feet shark" videos time to time. One common thing with all of those videos, they never find anything, just hyping up with nothing really.
Did you read that text in the link of yours? They identified it as a whale shark, so nothing strange in it. I would recommend cryptozoology thread for mythical creatures, this thread is after all shark predation and meant for extant species and predation. Of course when there is some identified shark and a story concerning it, ocean thread is also a good choice.
