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  2. Shark attack - Wikipedia

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    These sharks are also large, powerful predators which can be provoked simply by being in the water at the wrong time and place, but they are normally considered less dangerous to humans than the previous group. On the evening of 16 March 2009, a new addition was made to the list of sharks known to have attacked human beings.

  3. Whale shark - Wikipedia

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    The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft). [8] The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal.

  4. Orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    An attack on a strap-toothed whale. Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. [1] In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the ...

  5. Why do sharks attack humans? - AOL

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    Why do sharks attack humans? According to the Shark Research Institute, there are over 400 plus species of shark around the world, which include great white sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks.

  6. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    Unlike most sharks and other vertebrates, which have hard tissues like spines that form growth rings (much like the rings inside a tree trunk), Greenland sharks lack these structures, making age ...

  7. Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting ...

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    In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own.. Researchers have ...

  8. Orca - Wikipedia

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    [73] [74] With sharks, orcas may herd them to the surface and strike them with their tail flukes, [73] while bottom-dwelling rays are cornered, pinned to the ground and taken to the surface. [75] In other parts of the world, orcas have preyed on broadnose sevengill sharks, [76] whale sharks, [77] [78] and even great white sharks.

  9. Watch This Stunning Footage of Orca Whales Killing a Great ...

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    The whale in the middle comes to the surface clenching a dead shark in its jaws. The great white is about nine-feet-long—“so not a tiny animal,” Towner quips—and the orca is biting it ...