{"id":243558,"date":"2022-10-05T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=243558"},"modified":"2022-10-05T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T19:20:00","slug":"video-shows-first-proof-of-oceans-predator-killing-great-white-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/05\/video-shows-first-proof-of-oceans-predator-killing-great-white-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Shows First Proof Of Ocean’s Predator Killing Great White Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scientists have published new findings confirming that orcas hunt great white sharks, after the marine mammal was captured on camera killing one of the world’s largest sea predators.<\/p>\n

A pod of killer whales is seen chasing sharks during an hour-long pursuit off Mossel Bay, a port town in the southern Western Cape province, in helicopter and drone footage that informed a scientific study released this week.<\/p>\n

“This behaviour has never been witnessed in detail before, and certainly never from the air,” said lead author Alison Towner, a shark scientist at Marine Dynamics Academy in Gansbaai, South Africa.<\/p>\n

One clip shows five orcas chasing and killing a great white and scientists believe three more were mauled to death during the hunt.<\/p>\n

“Killer whales are highly intelligent and social animals. Their group hunting methods make them incredibly effective predators,” Simon Elwen, a marine mammal specialist and study co-author said in a statement released Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Orcas, the ocean’s top predator, have been known to prey on other shark species, but evidence of attacks on great whites was previously limited.<\/p>\n

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The study did not address the reasons behind the behaviour.<\/p>\n

One of the whales was known to have attacked white sharks before, but the other four were not.<\/p>\n

The authors said this suggested the practice was spreading, with earlier studies having established that the black and white animals can learn from one other through “cultural transmission”.<\/p>\n

Sharks disappeared from the area after the attack, with only one great white spotted in the next 45 days, according to the paper that was published in scientific journal Ecology.<\/p>\n

The authors said this confirmed sharks have a flight response and could have broader implications.<\/p>\n

In earlier observed cases, the animals ended up abandoning former key habitats, with consequences for the ecosystem and shark-related tourism, said marine biologist Alison Kock of South African National Parks.<\/p>\n

The images were filmed in May and one of the videos first aired in June.<\/p>\n

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