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In reply to the discussion: It turns out, great white sharks are scared of something, too [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)21. I saw a show one time about a rare instance where a group of scientists actually witnessed an
Orca killing a Great White. The amazing thing was that a completely different group of scientists who were monitoring a tagged Great White not too far away but still a significant distance away (I don't remember exactly, but it probably something like 40-50 miles away) observed that the tagged White dove very suddenly to a depth of over 500 feet at about the same time the other White was killed by the Orca. That is a depth that Orcas can't reach due to needing to breathe air. Somehow it just seemed to know what had just happened, miles away.
There's a lot we don't know about these animals.
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An Orca has both. sonewhere out there is the video or an Orca cutting a Great White in half
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#35
No need to look on the dark net to see brutal atrocities and human suffering
IronLionZion
Apr 2019
#39
I didnt catch that and I am usually skeptical of anything that might meet Poes Law.
tymorial
Apr 2019
#27
Now, to duplicate whatever originates a fear response (instinctually now due to the attacks)
Chin music
Apr 2019
#5
As I understand it, it's the scent of shark blood...they get the hell away from it...
Volaris
Apr 2019
#47
I saw a show one time about a rare instance where a group of scientists actually witnessed an
Downtown Hound
Apr 2019
#21
we have orcas here in wash state..they are starving because of the low salmon population
samnsara
Apr 2019
#31
Have known this for a while. Orcas are vicious killers that can cut a Great White
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#33
Never kill or eat, but there have been bites or they knock over a small boat or something
IronLionZion
Apr 2019
#59