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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:04 PM Jun 2014

Scientists: A mysterious animal ate an entire 9-foot great white shark

Scientists in Australia tagged a healthy 9-foot great white shark as part of program to track these animals. Four months later they found the tracking device washed up on a beach. Something—something really big—had eaten this apex predator. But what creature could dine on such ferocious prey?

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-the-heck-would-eat-a-9-foot-great-white-shark-1586991095

UPDATE: Mystery solved: This is the monster that ate that great white shark
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-that-ate-the-9-foot-gr-1587429691

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Scientists: A mysterious animal ate an entire 9-foot great white shark (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jun 2014 OP

maybe something else killed it (something like disease or natural causes) and it got eaten gradually bigtree Jun 2014 #1

I would have thought that solution would have been the first guess petronius Jun 2014 #2

Maybe it ate MH370, too! randome Jun 2014 #3

Was it by any chance a mixed animal? nolabear Jun 2014 #4

Don't look at me pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #5

Uh Oh. He took the bus to the beach again Tsiyu Jun 2014 #6

A Great Old One from Lost R'lyeh. baldguy Jun 2014 #7

Meh...the same kind of thing happens on Wall Street everyday Submariner Jun 2014 #8

K&R Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #9

We're going to need a bigger boat jberryhill Jun 2014 #10

My First Thought When I Watched This......... ChoppinBroccoli Jun 2014 #11

bigtree

(85,996 posts)

1. maybe something else killed it (something like disease or natural causes) and it got eaten gradually

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:07 PM

Jun 2014

. . . eventually.

petronius

(26,602 posts)

2. I would have thought that solution would have been the first guess

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:12 PM

Jun 2014

What eats a 9' white shark? A 9+' white shark...

randome

(34,845 posts)

3. Maybe it ate MH370, too!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:14 PM

Jun 2014

Well, it's possible.
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nolabear

(41,960 posts)

4. Was it by any chance a mixed animal?

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:26 PM

Jun 2014

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

5. Don't look at me

Reply to nolabear (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:30 PM

Jun 2014

It wasn't my turn to watch Oscar!

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)

6. Uh Oh. He took the bus to the beach again

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:34 PM

Jun 2014

I thought something was up when he started rummaging through the dirty towels wearing a lime green Speedo.

It wasn't a pretty sight, that's all I'm saying...

baldguy

(36,649 posts)

7. A Great Old One from Lost R'lyeh.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 08:36 PM

Jun 2014

Submariner

(12,504 posts)

8. Meh...the same kind of thing happens on Wall Street everyday

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 09:43 PM

Jun 2014

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

9. K&R

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 09:49 PM

Jun 2014

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

10. We're going to need a bigger boat

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:12 PM

Jun 2014

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)

11. My First Thought When I Watched This.........

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 12:00 AM

Jun 2014

.............was how do they know something ate the entire shark? Maybe something just came up and took a bite out of the shark and swallowed the tag. I would assume a marine biologist would have ruled out this possibility, but HOW could they have ruled it out?

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