Orcas seem to hunt great white sharks to eat the specific part of the shark, the livers. Orca, also known as the shark killer, are capable of killing one of the most feared predators on Earth. Latest evidence showed the orcas attack on the great whites occurred more often than the past five years.
Three carcasses of great white sharks were washed ashore on the South African coast, according to New Zealand Herald. All of the carcasses have one thing in common, the missing livers. It is likely after the orcas' attack on the great whites, the orcas consumed the liver.
Orcas are known as the shark killers, their diets mostly consist of various species of sharks, seals, and whales. However, they rarely attack great white sharks. There are not many incidents of orcas attack on the great whites because orcas mostly avoid the great white sharks.
In the last five years, according to Newsweek, there were only four carcasses of great white washed ashore in the Western Cape of South Africa. However, since May 3, there are three great whites found dead on the coast of a small harbor town Kleinbaai. The three carcasses were found dead with missing livers, which were removed in such a surgical precision, showing the indication of orcas attack on the great whites.
Kleinbaai is known to be one of the best areas for great white shark observation and a popular tourist attraction. The city is situated in the Danger Point Peninsula, six kilometers from Gansbaai, a fishing town in Western Cape, South Africa. The orcas' attack on the great white is predicted to happen off coast Kleinbaai, eating the sharks' liver and abandon the body.
"These enormous animals are capable of is mind blowing, almost surgical precision," A biologist at the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, Alison Towner said in amazement of the orcas' attack on the great whites. "They remove the squalene-rich liver of the white sharks and dump their carcass."
Orcas attack on the great whites is very rare in occurrence. Watch one rare footage of the orcas attacked the great white sharks, which was taken in the Neptune Islands, South Australia two years ago below:
