The lifestyles of marine creatures are not only fascinating to researchers but also to everyone. There are people who look at their appearance and behavior with great interest. Now a group of researchers have found that orca whales hunt and kill sharks through observation. A pod of orca or killer whales has been found to prey on Great White sharks, the main predators of the sea. A video of this has also been captured.
This is the first time that orca whales have been seen hunting great white sharks. It is a scene captured from Mosel Bay in South Africa. A group of killer whales chased great white sharks for about an hour. One of these was captured by a drone when it was bitten to death by one of the whales. In the video, a group of whales can be seen drowning in one part of the sea. After that, blood can be seen mixing with the water in the sea.
Soon one of the whales comes to the surface after biting the shark. Alison Towner, a scientist who researches sharks at the Academy of Marine Dynamics, says it’s the first time such a sight has been seen in such detail. A great white shark was killed by five whales. During the hunt, three other sharks were also killed by the group of whales.
Orca whales are the most intelligent sea creatures that travel in groups. Due to their group hunting, they can catch their prey easily. Although whales generally prey on sharks, they have not been known to catch one of the ocean’s most important predators, the great white shark. But the researchers say that only further observations can determine whether there is a specific reason behind this behavior of the whales.
Tagged whales were hunted. Only one of these has been identified as having previously hunted sharks. Therefore, the researchers suggest that one whale’s patterns should be assumed to be followed by other whales in the group. After the attack, the other sharks in the group immediately escaped from there. During the following 45 days, researchers were able to find only one of them again. Details of the study on this particular behavior of whales have been published in the scientific journal Ecology.
English Summary: Video Shows First Proof Of Ocean’s Predator Killing Great White Sharks