However, they are still deadly, focused, killing machines. As evidence for this I present the following drone video featuring a group of tiger sharks in Australia absolutely tearing into the carcass of a dead whale.
That is both awesome and brutal…just when you thought nature couldn’t get any more violent.
Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/feeding-frenzy/
We all think of sharks as the top predators of the sea. They are lean, mean, chomping machines. They’ve had several movies written and produced about them, several documentaries, heck, Discovery Channel has a whole week dedicated to them every year.
But when you see this gang of sea lions take down some sharks, you will start to second-guess their position at the top of the sea’s food chain. This video was taken aboard The Western Pride out of Davey’s Locker Sportfishing and Whale Watching in Newport Beach, CA.
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SEA-Lion vs Thresher Shark! Rare Footage! Fresh Kills!
Super Rare Footage of Three Sea-lions Taking Down Three Different Thresher Sharks!!!! 1 mile from Newport harbor !!!!www.newportwhales.com *Davey’s Locker Sportfishing & Whale WatchingVideo: Slater Moore Photography
Posted by Slater Moore Photography on Wednesday, October 28, 2015
(via Huffington Post)
These incredible moments were captured by photographer Slater Moore — I imagine he felt pretty amazed by the occurrence. If you’d like to see more of his work, don’t forget to check out his Instagram.
Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/sea-lion/
If it’s named after a DreamWorks character, it has to adorable, right?
People have been like, “OMG SO SCARY” and “JULES VERNE FEVER DREAM TBH,” but it’s kind of adorable actually?
The dead megamouth shark was found in Pio Duran, Albay. It was nicknamed “Toothless,” after its resemblance to the character in the How to Train Your Dragon movies.
Megamouths feed primarily on plankton in the deep sea, using its bioluminescent mouth (read: glowing jaws) to attract its prey. There have been 15 sightings of megamouths in the Philippines — second only to Japan — and Toothless is reportedly the 66th time a megamouth has been found.
The megamouth Toothless was brought over to the Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to be examined and preserved.
H/t ABS-CBN.
Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattortile/good-night-toothless-old-friend
