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Lone killer whale kills and eviscerates great white shark in under 2 minutes in ‘unprecedented’ attack

Source: Christiaan Stopforth/Drone Fanatics SA

Scientists have published dramatic footage of the moment a lone killer whale hunted and ate a great white shark off the coast of South Africa, in the first documented incident of its kind.

Researchers said the “unprecedented” display of unfolded in a matter of just two minutes, from the moment the orca struck the shark on its pectoral fin to the extraction of the fish’s nutrient-rich liver.

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