Orcas hunt great white sharks as marine ecosystem comes under pressure

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Mark WaghornThursday 30 Jun 2022 9:52 am

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The Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) team was called out on Saturday 24th June 2017 after another deceased shark washed ashore in Pearly Beach, Gansbaai. The DICT team completed another white shark necropsy, led by white shark biologist, Alison Towner.
A deceased shark washed ashore in Pearly Beach, Gansbaai after being attacked by an orca. (Credit: Marina Dynamics / The Dyer Island Conservation Trust / Henni Otto)

Orcas are hunting and eating great white sharks, ripping open their torsos to feast on their livers and hearts.

The killer whales areterrorising the apex predators off the coast of South Africa, sending them fleeing out of the area.

It’s thefirst time the gruesome attacks have been recorded– shedding fresh light on marine ecosystems.

And the findings have concerned scientists.

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Lead author of the study, Alison Towner, said: ‘Initially, following an orca attack in Gansbaai, individual great white sharks did not appear for…

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