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Related: About this forumScientists: 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. Somethingsomething really bighad 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
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NV Whino
(20,886 posts)1. Nessie is alive and well in Autralia
And hungry.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)2. Maybe it was a 10 foot shark?
Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)3. Um, maybe it died from something else and it was munched on by scavengers.
The device could have just been left behind.
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)4. Meh. A 30-foot Orca could snack on sharks whenever he pleases.
http://marinesciencetoday.com/2013/11/22/oceans-toughest-predators-great-white-shark-vs-killer-whale/
Recordings of the sounds of Orcas have been reported to scare away sharks. And Orcas seem to know that a shark can be immobilized by flipping it on its back.
Recordings of the sounds of Orcas have been reported to scare away sharks. And Orcas seem to know that a shark can be immobilized by flipping it on its back.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)6. yep
no mystery here
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)5. We're going to need a bigger shark. nt