Losing half of its body, the shark is still swimming around looking for prey
The blackfin shark was bitten by another group of sharks and lost most of its lower body, still able to escape and continue hunting before dying from its severe injuries.
The black fin shark was bitten by another group of sharks and lost most of the lower half of its body
Dr. Mario Lebrato, a 35-year-old scientist from Spain, recorded rare footage off the coast of Mozambique, 1-2 meters below the Indian Ocean. When Lebrato and his team released the blackfin shark into the sea, another school of sharks surrounded it and caused a series of fatal wounds.
According to the researcher, in this group of sharks there are several white-eyed bull sharks weighing up to 300-400 kg. Despite the collective attack and the loss of most of the lower half of the body, the blackfin shark still managed to fight and swim far.
Lebrato said the shark struggled for about 20 minutes before dying from its severe injuries. “Although the practice of shark eating sharks is widely known, it is very difficult to document such events,” Lebrato said.
In 2019, a group of fishermen also witnessed a life-and-death battle between two great white sharks off the coast of Miami, Florida. Images taken by this group of people provide evidence for the theory that sharks cannibalize cannibals as a food source.
At the time, Professor Mark Meekan from the Australian Institute of Marine Science said many different species of sharks are cannibals. According to him, such attacks are on the rise because of the way humans try to keep hungry predators away from swimmers.
Previous research has shown that sharks have been cannibalizing each other for more than a millennium. Test results showed that fossils of feces taken from the prehistoric shark orthacanthus, which swam across the oceans 300 million years ago, contained young shark teeth. That proves cannibalism is a basic feature of sharks.
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