Great white shark spotted with massive scars

Great white shark spotted with massive scars
A surviving sufferer of a pair of “infamous” shark-hunting orcas has been recognized within the waters off South Africa, sporting large scars.
The sufferer, a 3.5 metre feminine nice white shark, was noticed July 2017, at Seal Island in False Bay, off Western Cape.

Photos present clear “rake marks” alongside the shark’s facet, which had been left by the apex predators’ conical-shaped enamel.

The 3.5-metre great white was scarred after its battle with the orcas.
The 3.5-metre nice white was scarred after its battle with the orcas. (Alessandro De Maddalena)

The pair are tearing out the livers and consuming the organ, which is “packed with nutrition”.

The two orcas, Port and Starboard, have been hunting sharks off the Gansbaai coast, east of Cape Town.
The two orcas, Port and Starboard, have been looking sharks off South Africa. (Alison Towner / Marine Dynamics)

The marks noticed on the good white sharks had been on its left facet, and pointed in direction of a fierce battle.

“The appearance of the scratches seems to indicate that they were inflicted with significant force,” lead writer, Alessandro De Maddalena, wrote.

“It is likely, the marks were enhanced by the vigorous movement that the shark may have made in order to escape the attack.”

The orcas' conical-shaped teeth left "rake marks" along the shark's left trunk.
The orcas’ conical-shaped enamel left “rake marks” alongside the shark’s left trunk. (Alessandro De Maddalena)

The shark appeared unbothered by the accidents and made “several passes around the boat” getting used for cage diving.

“The shark had a massive body, with a wide trunk,” De Maddalena famous.

The paper added that “predation on great whites by orcas is very rare”.

Since 2017 eight dead great whites have washed up on the Gansbaai coast.
The our bodies of nice white sharks started washing up on the Gansbaai coast in 2017. (Dyer Island Conservation Trust)

The orcas killed 5 nice whites sharks over a couple of months in 2017.

Then in July 2022, uncommon drone footage was shared, displaying the second no less than three orcas killed nice white shark.

One of the predators ripped out the shark’s liver and ate it.

One of the orcas attacks the great white shark's side and eats its liver.
One of the orcas assaults the good white shark’s facet and eats its liver. (Discovery Channel)

Alison Towner, a senior white shark biologist on the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, main the analysis into the shark-hunting orcas, mentioned the footage was “incredible”.

“(It’s) one of the most incredible pieces of natural history ever captured on film,” she mentioned.”

Port and Starboard made their biggest kill to date this year.

From February 3 to February 22, 17 dead shark carcasses washed ashore the Gansbaai coast.

While orcas are considered the apex predator of the ocean, there’s no record of one ever killing a human in the wild.

Shark’s dorsal fin ‘zipped back up’ after serious damage

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