The incredible scene of the attack of three killer whales on a great white shark that went viral in 2022 continues to add views on social media in these hours. In it you can see the group of killer whales brutally tearing out the liver of a five-metre-long white shark.
At any moment, the blue waters of Mossel Bay in South Africaturns red with blood before the shark sinks and disappears to the bottom of the sea.
The wild story was captured by a drone camera flying overhead and now gives scientists a better understanding of why these large predators they seem to flee from this South African region which was once the shark capital of the world.
Killer whales have been known to feast on the liver of a great white shark the organ is big, fat, and has become a favorite dish of whales: At least eight shark carcasses were recorded washing up on the Western Cape coast in 2017 in recent years, all of which were missing livers.
The images in question are part of the work of the marine biologist Alison Towner with white sharks. She shared it on her Instagram page calling it “one of the most incredible pieces of natural history ever captured on film.” The clip, which is the first to show an orca eating the liver of a great white shark, aired on Discovery’s Shark House.
Great whites normally congregate in the waters around South Africa because of the large population of sea lions del Cabo, which are the main food source of the predator.
However, there are fewer and fewer great white sharks due to orca attacks, only animal on earth capable of defeating the Grand Bank.
Scientists have found evidence that they are cutting up sharks and eating their fatty livers. Scientists speculate that this behavior may be behind the disappearance of great white sharks since false waters of the bayoff Cape Town.
Killer whales are likely to attack shark livers directly because they are high in fat and delicious. “People do the same thing with butter or bacon. It’s why we love fatty foods. Killer whales do the same thing, they find it very tasty,” she says. scott andersonseasonal researcher of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
And the great white shark’s liver is a key organ in maintaining the huge fish’s buoyancy. And it’s also a hearty meal for orcas, as on average, It weighs between 250 and 280 pounds of rich, fatty meat.
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