In 2011, a strange incident occurred in the aquarium of California, a docile killer whale, surprisingly fierce, launched a fierce attack on a great white shark, and what was even more shocking was that the great white shark was motionless under the attack of the killer whale, allowing it to bite until it was disemboweled.
The beginning is about a real event, the incident occurred at the Monterrey Aquarium in California, USA, according to the killer whale keeper, the shark was attacked by a female killer whale, grew up in the aquarium, before this, never actively attacked any animal in the aquarium.
It was Saturday, the aquarium came to a lot of tourists, but not long after the opening of the door, the keepers heard the tourists came from the "aah" distress sound, the keepers thought that there was a conflict between the tourists, rushed over to find that the usually docile killer whale was biting a large white shark that was smaller than himself.
The keepers saw the situation and hurriedly drove away the onlookers, while blowing the training whistle, waving their hands to try to drive away the killer whales, but they did not expect that the killer whales were still not spared, and they bit the great white sharks to death. The injured great white shark was so frightened that it did not know why the "Big Brother" who had been together for several years would attack itself, and stood still like wood until the liver was all eaten by the killer whale, and then slowly sank.
Although the incident ended in the death of the shark, but people were very scared, for 3 months, the aquarium was very few tourists, after all, the great white shark let the killer whale bite that scene, so that many people are psychologically uncomfortable, and the killer whale disobeyed the order of the keeper, but also made people lose trust in the aquarium.
In 2017, scientists found the bodies of five great white sharks in a place on the beach, and the rest of their bodies were intact, that is, all the livers were mysteriously missing.
Why is the rest of the great white shark intact, that is, its liver is missing? Are killer whales a fool? The rest of the great white shark's body is invisible? In fact, this is not the case, some researchers have analyzed that the liver of the great white shark is unusually delicious for killer whales.
This is how the so-called cod liver oil comes from, and the meat of the great white shark is difficult to eat, because they are urinated on the skin, so there is a taste of urea in its meat, so the killer whale likes to eat the liver of the great white shark, while other parts do not like to eat.
Killer whales prey on great white sharks, which is also strange, because under the rendering of some film and television effects, everyone believes that sharks are the strongest overlords in the ocean.
Why are they hunted, or even preyed upon, by killer whales? Because really speaking, killer whales are the big boss that has been hiding behind the scenes!
Not only that, some scientists have found that when the killer whale bites the great white shark, the great white shark does not move, and we all know that even if there is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, there is a difference.
But no creature can stand still when its body is frantically bitten by the other party, so why can't the great white shark move when it is bitten by a killer whale? Is it because I am too scared? Not really!
Clever killer whales have already discovered the fatal weakness of sharks from countless encounters with sharks. Therefore, when killer whales attack sharks, they usually use high-speed impact methods to put the shark into a rigid stationary state.
How killer whales hunt
Whales are not whales (they are more closely related to dolphins), and it is unfair to call them killers. There have been no confirmed cases of wild killer whale attacks on humans. But they are very clever hunters – probably second only to humans. Killer whales can swim at speeds of 56 kilometers (or 30 nautical miles) per hour, their teeth are 8 centimeters long, and their echolocation system allows them to find prey in complete darkness. But what really sets them apart is their ability to plan, improvise, and work in teams.
Gobble up hunting
1. Sprint: At first, a killer whale might try to rush to the ice floes, grab the seals, and roll down.
2. Repositioning: If this doesn't work, killer whales twist and push the ice floes away from other nearby ice.
3. Observer: A killer whale now places itself behind a seal, signaling an attack through its water vent
4. Swim in formations: The faster the other killer whales swim, the better in order to create a huge bow wave in front of them.
5. Annihilation: At the last minute, they hide under the ice, and the waves often rush seals towards killer whales waiting to be observed.
6. Swarm of whales: A young killer whale observes coordinated attack to learn this hunting technique.
The habits of the great white shark
The great white shark has an extremely sensitive sense of smell and touch, it can smell the blood odor diluted to 1/500 of the original concentration 1 km away and rush away at a speed of 69 kilometers per hour, it can also detect the tiny current generated by the contraction of biological muscles, so as to judge the size and movement of prey.
At the same time, great white sharks are very good at hunting. In order to effectively catch prey, great white sharks generally resort to surprise attacks. They first ambush underwater, and due to the dark color of the great white shark's back, it is difficult for seals to detect the presence of great white sharks on the surface of the water. When the great white shark identifies its prey, it attacks it from bottom to top. In the usual attack case, the first blow will seriously injure the prey, at which point the great white shark will stop any attack until the prey has lost too much blood and died, and then enjoy the prey in a gentle manner. When the prey is advancing at high speed, the great white shark will even jump out of the water to attack the prey.
Great white sharks are considered more harmful to humans than other sharks, and are notorious for sometimes carrying out deadly attacks on swimmers, divers, surfers, and even small boats in uninvited conditions. It produced the largest number of deadly attacks on humans, especially on surfers and divers. Some studies have also found that many people blame the attacks on the great white sharks in fact, not all of them are great white sharks.
The great white shark is also known for its curiosity – it often lifts its head from the water, and it often nibbles on unfamiliar targets, and swallows everything they are interested in: meat, bones, pieces of wood, even pens, glass bottles, etc. (they have a tough wall inside their stomachs so that what they swallow won't hurt them).
My thoughts
Just watched a documentary a few days ago, not without moving, but because if the shark is turned over, its brain will secrete a large amount of neurotransmitter serotonin, and when the serotonin concentration increases, the shark will enter this "sleep" state, delirium, which is equivalent to losing consciousness. When in this position, it is defenseless. Almost all sharks enter this rigid stationary state after being turned over. Killer whales weigh much more than sharks themselves, and biting the shark's tail will force it upside down before sucking on the shark's internal organs.
However, one thing to be clear is that marine biologists have found through a large amount of observational data that killer whales attack sharks, especially great white sharks, are not as easy as they seem. The method they use is constant impact, so that the shark always maintains an upward position on the abdomen, so that when the shark is inactive, the oxygen that the gills can ingest is getting lower and lower, and eventually dies due to lack of oxygen, after which the killer whale begins to nibble with confidence. Therefore, although the great white shark is not as large as the killer whale, it is also a ferocious predator, and once it is bitten, let it turn over, the great white shark can quickly wake up and fight the killer whale to the death, which is obviously not what the killer whale wants to see.
Write at the end
The killer whale's high INTELLIGENCE ability is unquestionable, and it is even more sensitive to the perception of danger, which is an extremely intelligent biological species with its own communication language, performance behavior and hunting tactics, and the coexistence of intelligence and organizational ability.
Killer whales have a strong sense of revenge, when individuals suffer attacks or losses, the final result is to be hunted by more killer whales, at this point, no creature in the ocean is comparable, which is also a manifestation of the killer whale's high intelligence self-protection, while the great white shark chooses to go alone.
Both killer whales, as well as great white sharks and tiger sharks, are at the top of the food chain, but killer whales are smarter and smarter, which is the main reason why killer whales are superior hunters.