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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....

(Excerpt) Read more at m.aol.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sharks; yourefreakingmeout
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To: 11th_VA

Gore-ble Swarming


81 posted on 09/13/2015 8:15:18 AM PDT by Iron Munro (CITY: A liberal run holding pen for useless headcount.)
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To: OldSmaj

Carpets is appropriate.


82 posted on 09/13/2015 8:19:06 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Sparky1776

Lol!


83 posted on 09/13/2015 8:20:57 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: tet68
There is a shark tooth in that photo?

Yes!! Are you blind?!!!

 photo Big Shark Tooth 2_zpszenrglpu.jpg

:)

84 posted on 09/13/2015 8:22:41 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

I still don’t see it.


85 posted on 09/13/2015 8:23:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 11th_VA

“Hold on, I think I got a nibble”


86 posted on 09/13/2015 8:23:49 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: ETL

I am now!


87 posted on 09/13/2015 8:24:00 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: OldSmaj

Post of the day? :-)


88 posted on 09/13/2015 8:25:34 AM PDT by OriginalChristian (The end of America, as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
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To: ETL

All I can think about now is motorboats and milk.


89 posted on 09/13/2015 8:25:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 11th_VA
Killer whales eat Great Whites.

One pod that they know of does so on a regular basis.

90 posted on 09/13/2015 8:27:10 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: 11th_VA

Killer Whale Vs Great White - Full Nature - Wildlife Documentary - Orca Kills Shark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sudPwDgDuH0


91 posted on 09/13/2015 8:28:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: central_va
I still don’t see it.

Unfortunately, I haven't any other pics of that shark tooth. But in case you are seriously interested in marine fossils from that period of
earth history, they were probably gathered by early humans such as these depicted below and subsequently traded among the different
tribes.

 photo Raquel Welch one million years bc 02_zpsjxwtm5zo.jpg

 photo Raquel-Welch-raquel-welch-one-million-years-de_zpsr2iuncti.jpg

92 posted on 09/13/2015 8:30:20 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: 11th_VA
 photo Jurassic World Great White Shark Eater 12_zps00feojqx.jpg
93 posted on 09/13/2015 8:34:41 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: fso301

“The killer whale’s teeth are designed to grasp and puncture rather than slice and tear like a shark. If the killer whale can’t swallow its prey whole, it probably can’t eat it unless it spins like a crocodile to tear off bite sized chunks.”

Killer whales commonly kill and eat other whales and do not swallow them whole. They also are known to eat sharks including great whites.


94 posted on 09/13/2015 8:35:51 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: 11th_VA

It was...

Narwhals! Narwhals!
Swimming in the Ocean!
Causing a Commotion because they are so Awesome!


95 posted on 09/13/2015 8:40:43 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: 11th_VA

QUINT!


96 posted on 09/13/2015 8:41:50 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: 11th_VA

A bigger fish


97 posted on 09/13/2015 8:45:24 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: headstamp 2
Sorry, Quint can't talk now. Would you care to leave a message?


98 posted on 09/13/2015 8:47:34 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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99 posted on 09/13/2015 8:51:29 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: fso301

The Killer Whale tears the Great White apart and eats it’s liver like a dog with a rabbit.


100 posted on 09/13/2015 9:17:43 AM PDT by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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