Great white sharks are afraid of orcas

[longknife]

I find myself shaking my head over this. It says this study was just released. Yeah? I read about this years ago. It’s been known to fishermen for years that Orcas attacks sharks, butting them to break their ribs, to protect their young.

A new study led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and published Tuesday in Nature found great white sharks leave their “preferred hunting ground” when orcas — also known as killer whales — enter it. In fact, researchers found the sharks won’t return to those areas for roughly a year — even if the orcas don’t stay that long.

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[WillPower]

I find myself shaking my head over this. It says this study was just released. Yeah? I read about this years ago. It’s been known to fishermen for years that Orcas attacks sharks, butting them to break their ribs, to protect their young.

A new study led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and published Tuesday in Nature found great white sharks leave their “preferred hunting ground” when orcas — also known as killer whales — enter it. In fact, researchers found the sharks won’t return to those areas for roughly a year — even if the orcas don’t stay that long.

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The orcas fancy great white liver.....they double-team the shark and while it tries to fend one of them off, the other comes in underneath the shark and rips it's liver out. They seem to know exactly where to bite. The shark goes into shock and sinks to the bottom which is fine with the orcas...they're not interested in the rest of the carcass.

 

[JoeMoma]

An orca ate Bo Derek's leg.

 

[Likkmee]

An orca ate Bo Derek's leg.

Shouldn't this be under the " why do you need an AK thread ?"

 

[WillPower]

An orca ate Bo Derek's leg.

Going for the cooz and missed?

 

[Pilot1]

I'm a scuba diver, and have been for a long time, but I've thankfully never encountered either of these creatures in the wild. Both are incredibly scary and very efficient at killing. It is what they do.

 

[Likkmee]

I'm a scuba diver, and have been for a long time, but I've thankfully never encountered either of these creatures in the wild. Both are incredibly scary and very efficient at killing. It is what they do.

Thankfully it's generally surfers who get killed, not divers

 

[JoeMoma]

I'm a scuba diver, and have been for a long time, but I've thankfully never encountered either of these creatures in the wild. Both are incredibly scary and very efficient at killing. It is what they do.

It's my understanding (from watching the shark nuts on TV) that the great whites tend to leave people in the water with them alone. That being said, I'm not going to try it.

 

[Mr Natural]

I'm a scuba diver, and have been for a long time, but I've thankfully never encountered either of these creatures in the wild. Both are incredibly scary and very efficient at killing. It is what they do.

Thankfully it's generally surfers who get killed, not divers

They mistake the surfer for a seal.

I’ve been on a few shark dives and they show no interest in us as divers.

 

[Likkmee]

I'm a scuba diver, and have been for a long time, but I've thankfully never encountered either of these creatures in the wild. Both are incredibly scary and very efficient at killing. It is what they do.

Thankfully it's generally surfers who get killed, not divers

They mistake the surfer for a seal.

I’ve been on a few shark dives and they show no interest in us as divers.

I dove Cocos with the hammerheads a couple times.

 

[Mr Natural]

I dove Cocos with the hammerheads a couple times.

That looks like a great dive!

 

[WillPower]

I got my leg bumped by a shark off Ft. Lauderdale swimming with a chick I met on the beach. We were out far enough not to be able to hear beach sounds. It felt like 80 grit sandpaper......I told her to swim as fast as she could back to shore and we lit out. I don't know if it missed a bite or what. I've always wondered why it didn't grab me or her....maybe it couldn't decide and gave up.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I've had em steal my stringer of fish several times while wade fishing.
One second you're fishing and the next you're frantically trying to hit the release on your belt.
I started tying off the stringer with a piece of 40lb mono after the first incident.

 

[skookerasbil]

Great thread.......waaaaay more interesting than climate change drivel.