Drone footage, killer whales eating shark

[ScubaJill]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...o-captures-killer-whales-eating-a-shark-alive

The video is in the article. I'll try and post a direct link to the video later.

 

[Texasguy]

Do they eat sharks? I thought they immobilize them till they "drown" but no eating takes place.

 

[kelemvor]

Do they eat sharks? I thought they immobilize them till they "drown" but no eating takes place.

Yeah, it looks like the whale drops the dead shark and lets it sink at the end of the video.

 

[Coztick]

I saw one recently where the whale drowned the shark, then ripped it to shreds.
The experts on scene thought it unusual and then they noticed that ALL the tagged white sharks in the area booked it for deep water and kept on retreating....not to return anytime soon.
I'll try to find it later.

 

[drrich2]

Newsweek ran an article a few months back; apparently orcas off South African have been killing a few great whites & eating their livers, so there is a precedent for feeding on, not just killing, sharks.

Richard.

 

[Coztick]

Long but very interesting

 

[flyboy08]

Kyacking near Sitka on the inner-passage there were numerous Orca swimming along side of us. I could and did touch them as they surfaced so close, but I will admit that I was pretty nervous and I'm an adrenaline junkie!

Yep, cheated death once again!