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Something in the ocean is eating great white sharks
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Posted on 09/13/2015 6:54:47 AM PDT by 11th_VA

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Researchers were tagging great whites to study their movements. In the process, they tagged a nine-foot female, who left the area safely. Four months later, her tag was found on a beach near where she was first caught -- and the data tells a very interesting story.

"It showed this profile going down the shelf to 580 meters, then a huge temperature change ... another living animal," said a Smithsonian researcher.

Yes, it appears that the nine-foot great white was eaten. The big question? What ate her? Whatever it was, it had to be big enough to swallow almost 10 feet of apex predator, and quick enough to drag it almost 2,000 feet in a few seconds.

So, what is it? A giant squid? Godzilla? A Megalodon? Well, actually, that last one is not too far off from the real theory....

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KEYWORDS: sharks; yourefreakingmeout
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1 posted on 09/13/2015 6:54:47 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

A greater white shark.


2 posted on 09/13/2015 6:56:25 AM PDT by Sparky1776
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To: 11th_VA

It is BSM.

#blacksharksmatter


3 posted on 09/13/2015 6:56:38 AM PDT by dforest
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Yea they call those “Sea Wolves”. Also known as Killer Whales.


4 posted on 09/13/2015 6:56:38 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: 11th_VA

Giant squid? That’d be a whale of a tale.


5 posted on 09/13/2015 6:57:36 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: 11th_VA

Orcas


6 posted on 09/13/2015 6:58:05 AM PDT by ryan71 (Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
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I have recipes. Shark and Mammoth... Mesolithic surf and turf... Get me the meat and I'm good to go.

/johnny

7 posted on 09/13/2015 6:59:30 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: 11th_VA

Mothra.


8 posted on 09/13/2015 6:59:59 AM PDT by moovova
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Killer whales do sometimes feed on Great White Sharks, it was recently discovered.


9 posted on 09/13/2015 7:00:32 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Norm Lenhart

My first thought too.


10 posted on 09/13/2015 7:01:42 AM PDT by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a fire"arm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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sounds racist to me


11 posted on 09/13/2015 7:02:24 AM PDT by xp38
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In before the “it was aliens” guy’s pic.


12 posted on 09/13/2015 7:02:31 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: 11th_VA
Something in the ocean is eating great white sharks

Has anybody seen Rosie O'Donnell lately?

That hog would eat anything...flotsam, jetsam, carpets, etc.

13 posted on 09/13/2015 7:03:12 AM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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I’d guess it’s being caused by Tea Party/Conservative/GOP induced climate change. We need another four years of Barack Obama to save us. </sarcasm>


14 posted on 09/13/2015 7:04:06 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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Orcas is right!

"Ow! Owwww, that really hurts."

15 posted on 09/13/2015 7:04:31 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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To: Sparky1776

It appears Michelle O has been dining out!


16 posted on 09/13/2015 7:05:35 AM PDT by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I have recipes. Shark and Mammoth... Mesolithic surf and turf... Get me the meat and I’m good to go.

/johnny

We’re gonna need a bigger plate!


17 posted on 09/13/2015 7:06:01 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Hugin

This is the third IIRC article I have seen in a couple years on this exact subject. The answer is always Killer Whales.

It is also one of many article rehashings I have noticed. One a few months back was literally a repost of an article as ‘new’ by a larger media outlet. I remembered the pic in it and several other freepers also verified it when we discussed it.


18 posted on 09/13/2015 7:06:37 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart ("The road is long...and I must poop." - Volarian Lionheart/Hero of the people)
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To: 11th_VA

One possibility.

They’re smart, fast, strong, and run in pods. And they fear nothing.


19 posted on 09/13/2015 7:06:43 AM PDT by lurk
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To: 11th_VA
quick enough to drag it almost 2,000 feet in a few seconds.

9.5 on the BS meter
20 posted on 09/13/2015 7:07:19 AM PDT by sasquatch
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