Something Ate This Shark... But What? (Something Enormous Ate a Very, Very Big Great White Shark)

Smithsonian Channel on You Tube ^ | May 30, 2014 | Smithsonian Channel

[OneVike]

A group of marine biologists off the coast of Australia tagged a healthy great white shark. Then, a few months later, the tag washed ashore. When researchers analyzed data from the tag, they were confronted with a mystery that was deeply weird, and slightly terrifying.

In this video, we learn what the researchers found on the tag. A few weeks after tagging, the shark appears to have been abruptly dragged down into a deep ocean trench, then eaten. The tag remained in the digestive system of the animal that ate it for several days. Whatever animal it was seemed to be bobbing to the ocean surface once in a while, though it never plunged as deeply as it had after it ate the shark.

What kind of deep-dwelling alpha predator did this? Obviously it's very possible that the shark's tag was eaten, but that still leaves us wondering what could bite a hunk off a shark, then zoom down to an incredible depth and back up again? This video is a reminder of how little we actually know about shark behavior and deep sea life.

[Jack Hammer]

Squid.

Or very hungry aliens.

[Finny]

Varmint, maybe Jack H. is right (above) -- it wasn't the megaladon OR killer whale ... it was *gulp* very hungry ALIENS!!!

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I mean, what other explanation is there?

;^) !!

[Hootowl]

It’s why I stay out of any body of water larger than my bathtub.

[Understand the stimulus]

10-4

[MHGinTN]

Octidude was just cleaning up the neighborhood, to make it safe for the chilrin don’tchaknow.

[RandallFlagg]

Yeeeeah!
I could chow on some squid all day long.

[Cvengr]

If its 11" giant eyes can sense light from the surface, then hone in on its prey from some 1000m deep, just imagine how the Great THUNDERBIRD might prey upon us from above.

[OneVike]

I need to find the song on YouTube to get the music to it. The words alone just don’t do it justice I’m afraid.

[OneVike]

Squid.

Or very hungry aliens.

I vote for the squid. maybe a very big one, especially a giant one that lives in the deep.

[OneVike]

Wow, that is interesting. I never saw a beak of a squid before. It does look like it would take a good bite.

[OneVike]

That is not a lot of food.

[OneVike]

You know, I keep wondering if that is what we are dealing with. The question remains as to what exactly is the leviathan. Even biblical scholars are all over the place.

[Admin Moderator]

Sorry to hear that you’re under the weather, OneVike. Hope you feel better soon.

Meanwhile I just now added the link and cleaned up the title and the source.

This is fascinating trying to figure out what ate that big shark.

[redgolum]

Cool

[RKBA Democrat]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

[GladesGuru]

Three hints:
1. It was large enough to eat a nine foot long shark.
2. The meal spent a few days in a placed warmer than the surrounding water.
3. The shark was abruptly dragged down 1,900+ feet.

Mr. Shark meet Mr. Sperm Whale.

Snap!

Gulp!

And now you know the rest of the story.

[xzins]

Godzilla is back. Saw it advertised on TV a few weeks ago.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Something ate this shark but what...?

[morphing libertarian]

That photos cries out……………Burqua

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Michael Moore