are orcas killing great white sharks?
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Though the great white is considered the top marine predator, orcas may actually rule the oceans, new observations suggest. ... In October 1997, tourists in a whale-watching boat off the Farallon Islands, near San Francisco, witnessed two killer whales attack a great white shark and consume its liver.
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They are also very large compared to other animals. This potentially makes a great white's liver one of the best sources of quick energy in the ocean. Orcas seem to have learned this and are targeting sharks specifically for their nutrient-rich livers.
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Orcas are apex predators, at the top of the food chain. No other animals (except for humans) hunt orcas. Killer whales feed on sea birds, squid, octopuses, sea turtles, sharks, rays and fish. They also eat most marine mammals, such as seals and dugongs.
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PREY: The orca is at the top of the marine food web. Their diet items include fish, squid, seals, sea lions, walruses, birds, sea turtles, otters, other whales and dolphins, polar bears and reptiles. They even have been seen killing and eating swimming moose.
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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.
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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.
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Bull sharks are known for head-butting their prey before delivering a fatal bite, while great whites typically bite straight away. ... Bull sharks are happy to feed on a wide range of prey, from molluscs and crustaceans to dolphins and other sharks, while great whites prefer fish, rays, other sharks and large sea mammals.
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SeaWorld apparently did not see it that way, and the killer whale shows have continued as before, only now the trainers do not perform any water work with the orcas. This of course saves trainers from being attacked but does nothing to relieve orcas from the frustrations and anxieties of incarceration.
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the moose's only known marine predator as they have been known to prey on moose swimming between islands out of North America's Northwest Coast, however, there is at least one recorded instance of a moose preyed upon by a Greenland shark.
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Orcas (Killer Whales): Facts and Information. Orcas are highly intelligent, social mammals. Largest of the dolphins, the orca, is a highly successful predator, feeding on fish, seals, and sometimes whales.
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Killer whales are not known to seek out humans, but their diet does include sharks, seals, penguins. ... As far as i know they are no documented attacks of scuba divers by Orcas. You do need to use caution not to harass them or get to close. The only documented attacks of Orcas are in captivity (Aquariums).
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In drone footage captured on May 18 in Monterey, California, a group of orcas is seen carrying out a coordinated attack on a blue whale. Orcas, also known as killer whales, are known to prey on other marine mammals, including dolphins and seals. ... "They play with [whales] like cats play with their prey.
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Killer whales (or orcas) are powerful predators capable of killing leopard seals and great white sharks. They have also been recorded preying on usually terrestrial species such as moose swimming between islands. In the wild, there have been no fatal attacks on humans.
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But the true ruler of the sea is the killer whale. Killer whales are apex predators, which means they have no natural predators. They hunt in packs, much like wolves, which are also at the top of their food chain. ... The orca won.
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Though called killer whales, orcas are not whales. They are the largest dolphin species. In Argentina, orcas hurl themselves onshore to grab sea lion pups. In the Antarctic, pod members cooperate to make large waves that wash seals from ice floes.
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According to a NatGeoWild documentary on the world's deadliest ocean predators Orcas live in all oceans of the world including the Atlantic Ocean on the eastern side of Florida. ... The killer whales are more frequently sighted in the Gulf of Mexico.
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"Stealth and ambush are key elements in the white shark's predatory strategy," said Hammerschlag. Cape fur seals also have unique techniques to detect, avoid, outmaneuver and in some cases injure the white shark in order to avoid predation by sharks.