Still Waters Posted December 30, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Being hooked by a fisherman is probably up there with the worst things that could happen to a shark. But what about becoming bait for an even bigger beast as you're being hauled into the boat? This was the fate of a poor great white in New Zealand this week. And a spectacular photograph of the encounter, which shows Charles Darwin's survival of the fittest - or perhaps biggest - theory in action, has taken the web by storm after it was posted on Reddit. http://www.dailymail...rmans-boat.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixBird88 Posted December 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Thats pretty neat...however, to me those do not look like Great Whites.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted December 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 30, 2012 the bottom one is a great white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted December 30, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 30, 2012 The one on the line looks like a Mako. The bottom one is most probably a Great White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted December 30, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 30, 2012 A few people in the comments are saying it's 2 blue tip sharks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted December 30, 2012 Author #6 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I don't know enough about sharks to say for certain what kind they are. I just thought it was an interesting piece of news and as someone commented, I believe it's rare to see one shark go after another shark like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted December 31, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 31, 2012 The second one looks like a great white to me.It's freeking hhhuuggeee too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted December 31, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I feel sorry for the poor guy on the line.......( the shark ) What a way to go..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted December 31, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I believe it's rare to see one shark go after another shark like that. The shark probably just sensed a struggling animal splashing around on the surface so went for it. Same reason they get humans sometimes by mistake. You cna see int he picture it has it's eye rolled back so must have came in fast and probably didn't know it's target until after it had taken a bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted December 31, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 31, 2012 According to the article the little once of a school shark and the big one is a blue shark abbot 2 meters long and sharks don't discriminate, they eat other sharks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Chicken Posted December 31, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 31, 2012 am i the only one who thinks the bottom shark's head doesn't look right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted December 31, 2012 #12 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Om nom nom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted December 31, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Two species. Therefore not cannibalism. Also dangling the smaller shark as bait smacks of animal cruelty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted December 31, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Two species. Therefore not cannibalism. Also dangling the smaller shark as bait smacks of animal cruelty. Doubtful the man was dangling the shark as bait; it is not easy to land a struggling shark. When you catch a fish it struggles on the line and the struggle is correctly interpreted by a predator as an easy meal. I have had fish on the line cut in half by barracuda before we could land them, and you only end up with a fish head on your line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Lotus Posted December 31, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 31, 2012 looks like a school shark being eaten by a blue shark (possibly, teeth look too small for a great white to me anyways). rather common in new zealand apparently. great white eating a great white though? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted December 31, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Apparently the School Shark hasn't had enough schooling to learn to avoid being eaten. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finity Posted January 1, 2013 #17 Share Posted January 1, 2013 "Theres always a bigger fish" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted January 1, 2013 #18 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Ah.. the Daily Mail.. Great White? my backside... As I've mentioned before, I used to run a marine research centre in Port Lincoln, South Australia - one of the best places to find these magnificent but STOCKY creatures: I know exactly what Great Whites look like - and neither of those in the OP link are anything like GW's, especially not that tiny pup on the line.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohands Posted January 1, 2013 #19 Share Posted January 1, 2013 are they shark men from discovery channel? scary size.....!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted January 2, 2013 #20 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Pretty obvious at a glance that neither shark is a Great White. Looking closely at the jaws of the larger shark makes this abundantly clear. The article did a very poor job reporting on the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Bonita Posted January 5, 2013 #21 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Really neat picture,definitely caught in the act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Payne Posted January 10, 2013 #22 Share Posted January 10, 2013 If you actually read the article there is no mention of a "Great White". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted January 11, 2013 Author #23 Share Posted January 11, 2013 If you actually read the article there is no mention of a "Great White". Yes there is....... From the article - The larger shark, also a Great White, had obviously decided he'd be the one to gobble the fish up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaraKitty Posted January 11, 2013 #24 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Damn I love sharks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Payne Posted January 13, 2013 #25 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Yes there is....... From the article - The larger shark, also a Great White, had obviously decided he'd be the one to gobble the fish up. I'm referring to the original article from the "Sydney Morning Herald" in Australia. The Mail just put Great White into their article to vamp the story up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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