Scientists witnessed one of the hunters, a male orca known as Starboard, single-handedly kill a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) juvenile white shark within a two-minute time frame last year.
“Over two decades of annual visits to South Africa, I’ve observed the profound impact these killer whales have on the local white shark population.
A second great white shark carcass washes ashore in June near Hartenbos, South Africa.
It wasn’t until 2022 that aerial footage first captured the orcas killing a great white shark, Towner said.
The kill by a lone orca might have been made possible by the prey’s smaller size as a juvenile great white, according to the study.
Persons:
I’ve, ”, Primo Micarelli, I’m, ” Micarelli, It’s, Alison Towner, Towner, didn’t, Christiaan Stopforth, ” Towner, “, Dr, Simon Elwen, wasn’t
Organizations:
CNN, Italy’s Sharks Studies Centre, University of Siena, of Marine Science, Rhodes University, ”, Cape Town, Search Research, Conservation, Stellenbosch University
Locations:
Cape Town, South Africa, ” Port, Seal, Mossel, Cape, Hartenbos, Namibia