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Great white shark feeding on dead whale carcass stuns whale watchers They’re not called killer whales for nothing. A pair of orcas were filmed apparently hunting a great white shark off the coast.Killer Whale (Orca) VS Great White Shark When it comes to who is the better predator in the ocean “the killer whale or the great white shark ” there are several factors that influence their ability to hunt, attack and survive when competing against one another.Killer whales have been recorded hunting and eating great white sharks over and over throughout the years all around the globe. Killer whales literally make playthings out of Great Whites, holding them down and slashing their guts to eat their livers, a delicacy some pods of orcas have grown a taste for.
A great white’s jaws are easily large enough to sever a person’s limbs with a single bite. But the orca seems to have developed a way to take on the great white safely. In 1997, an orca was seen ramming into a great white shark off the coast of San Francisco. The force of the blow stunned the shark and gave the orca the opportunity to flip.Although the great white shark has a fearsome reputation, in a straight fight it is outclassed by the orca. Not only are orcas much bigger, they are also smarter. Great whites are now known to be warm blooded but orcas still have much higher metabolic rates because they breathe air. In the wild, orcas have been seen preying on great white sharks.
The killer whale and the great white shark are two of the most powerful predators in the oceans. Which would win a match-up? Against the backdrop of an impending battle between the animals, the book compares and contrasts their physical features. Readers learn that the whale is a mammal, while the great white shark is a huge fish.
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