Orcas hunt great white sharks in Australian waters and eat their livers, 50cm bite mark confirms
by Petra Stock from World news | The Guardian on (#6TX23)
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Orcas have a taste for shark liver and prey on great white sharks in Australian waters, researchers have confirmed by using DNA analysis.
In October 2023, the maimed carcass of a 4.7m great white shark washed ashore near Portland, in southwest Victoria, missing its liver, digestive and reproductive organs.
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