An Orca Likely 'Slurped Out' the Liver of a Half-Eaten Great White Shark That Washed up on an Australian Beach, Scientists Say

Business Insider India ^ | OCT 21, 2023, | Kelsey Vlamis

[nickcarraway]

[BradyLS]

As terrifying as a Great White can be, proof that things more terrific feed upon them.

[ClearCase_guy]

Fava beans

[Dr.Deth]

[Paal Gulli]

The killer whales off San Francisco have learned the trick (and teach it to their young) to flip a great white upside-down to make it go to sleep, so they can eat it at their leisure. A pair of whales probably each grab it by a pectoral fin and manhandle it upside-down.

These killer whales also are believed to specialize in only eating the sharks’ livers.

[libh8er]

I first learned about this behavior in David Attenborough’s fantastic Blue Planet II

[fso301]

Those jaws would fetch a nice price on Ebay.

[libh8er]

South Africa’s False Bay used to be known as the Great White capital of the world. Over the last 5 or 6 years they have practically disappeared and the suspicion is a couple of orcas hunting in the area.

[digger48]

Damn

And my daughter just brought me filet-o-fish

[Redcitizen]

You gotta start small and work your way up.

[nickcarraway]

But Orcas aren’t much of a threat to humans. Maybe in captivity, a little.

[nickcarraway]

Hopefully it’s the liver.

[PGR88]

[Albion Wilde]

I personally prefer paté with onions.

[digger48]

Thanks

Thanks a lot

Uuurrrp

[entropy12]

The most dangerous animals to humans are Nile river crocs. They are aggressive unprovoked.

[Olog-hai]

In the book (which I didn’t read), the wine was apparently actually “a big Amarone”.

[Paal Gulli]

"The most dangerous animals to humans are Nile river crocs. "

Mosquitoes kill more people than anything other living creature in Africa. Hippos are second. Crocs are third.

[KarlInOhio]

I had “cut out by the Chinese as an aphrodisiac “ in the pool

[entropy12]

My sister and brother-in-law lived in East Africa for 3 decades. We heard many personal stories from them. Hippos are visible and can be avoided easily. Crocs are hard to see since most of their bodies are under water. Mosquitoes are not animals. I was talking about animals, not insects.