In 2011, a killer whale at the American Aquarium suddenly attacked the great white shark in the same tank, and finally the great white shark was also killed by the killer whale, which stunned the tourists.
Usually this killer whale is very docile and has never had any abnormal conditions. But that day, killer whales suddenly attacked the great white shark. At that time, the killer whale rushed towards the great white shark like crazy, knocked the great white shark over at once, and then began to bite the great white shark, and soon the tank was stained red by the blood of the great white shark.
After the keeper found out, he also desperately shouted the name of the killer whale, trying to stop the killer whale, however, the killer whale seemed not to hear it, and continued to desperately attack the great white shark until it was stopped by the great white shark with a broken belly surfacing and stopped.
Later, through research, it was found that the killer whale was pregnant and was ready to give birth to the baby killer whale, in order to protect the baby killer whale from being harmed by sharks, the killer whale mother could only start first. Moreover, great white sharks are originally in the diet of killer whales, and the two are hostile to each other, and it is reasonable for killer whales to hunt great white sharks.
In 1997, tourists on a cruise ship saw a killer whale playing with a sea lion, and when the killer whale was having fun, a great white shark who did not know whether it was dead or alive rushed over, wanting to snatch the killer whale's "toy" over, however, it obviously underestimated the killer whale, and was chased and killed by the angry killer whale. A minute or two later, a jaws shark carcass with a cesarean section surfaced from not far from the cruise ship, apparently the work of killer whales.
In 2015, a biological scientist discovered this scene while studying and observing killer whales. Just found a single great white shark, and then the adult killer whale divided the work and showed the cubs the skill of hunting great white sharks, and in less than a minute, the great white shark was killed.
Interestingly, when the great white shark is attacked by killer whales, they are all stationary there, motionless, allowing killer whales to bite, why is this?
About killer whales.
Killer whales are the largest species in the dolphin family, adult male killer whales have an average length of 8m and an average weight of 6 tons, the largest male killer whale currently recorded is 9.75m in length, and the dorsal fin of male killer whales is upright in the center of the back, up to 1 .8m, which is one of their most powerful weapons. The average length of female killer whales is 7m, the weight is 4 tons, the body size is significantly smaller than that of male killer whales, and the dorsal fin of female killer whales is not upright, but curved like a sickle, only about 70cm in length. Have pronounced sexual bisexual characteristics.
The surface of the killer whale is very smooth, black and white color, very distinct, the head is conical, there is no long beak, with a spindle-shaped body, it looks very cute, and there is no top predator at all. In addition to its long dorsal fin, killer whales also have very hard teeth as weapons. Killer whale upper and lower teeth have 40 to 50 large conical teeth, which are very strong and powerful.
The food of killer whales is mainly penguins, dolphins, sea lions and other fatty animals, of course, sometimes they will also catch other cetaceans, and even catch great white sharks as food, which is a well-deserved sea overlord.
About why great white sharks encounter killer whales and stay motionless and let killer whales bite.
01: Great white shark's Achilles heel – tonic rest.
When the scientist Krupp was doing experiments, he suddenly discovered a miraculous phenomenon. After the little lemon shark was turned over, it immediately froze, did not turn over, and did not swim. At first, I thought I had lost my life, and after manually turning it over for a while, the little lemon shark came back to life. After trying a few times, Krupp found that every time he reversed the lemon shark, he stood still. At first, it was thought that only lemon sharks would do this, but later research found that all sharks have this condition, and everyone called this phenomenon tonic rest.
The reason why sharks enter this state is because this state can last for ten minutes. The sharks we see attacked by killer whales are all great white sharks that are turned over by killer whales and enter a state of rigid rest, so they will feel that great white sharks are attacked by killer whales and are motionless.
In the long-term battle with the great white shark, they found the weakness of the great white shark's "rigid static", so when attacking the great white shark, the killer whale will cooperate to flip the great white shark, so that the great white shark is allowed to be slaughtered by the killer whale. Moreover, the strength of killer whales is already stronger than that of great white sharks, coupled with team cooperation and superb intelligence, it is still easy to deal with great white sharks.
Summary.
Although great white sharks are also the top predators in the sea, they are still a bit inadequate for killer whales.
Because the meat of great white sharks is not as delicious for killer whales as liver. Therefore, the great white sharks we see caught by killer whales are all great white sharks that have been caesarean sections and have no liver. In 2017, on a beach in the Cape of South Africa, fishermen found five carcasses of great white sharks whose livers had been eaten, apparently the handiwork of killer whales. Compared with the great white shark, killer whales are worthy overlords in the sea. After all, when facing killer whales, great white sharks "dare not move."