In the ocean, you’d figure that you’re either a shark, or something that’s fodder for a shark to eat, right? It turns out that not even sharks are safe from sharks.
While diving on the Great Barrier Reef, researchers from the ARC Centre Of Excellence For Coral Reef Studies snapped this shot of a tasselled wobbegong shark.
So far, so good.
Except for what it’s having for lunch, namely a brown-banded bamboo shark. It’s not even tucking into a dead shark; it’s eating the other shark head first.
Australian sharks. Finest in the world. It makes me proud.
[New Scientist]
Image: Daniela Ceccarelli
Lillee
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 5:45 PMSlow news afternoon hey?
S0ULphIRE
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 5:49 PMIt’s a friday. I don’t wanna read about anything more complicated than sharks eating other sharks anyway lol
Franz
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 9:27 PMSo you can eat jaws with your jaws.
Deb
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 9:13 AMHaha I thought the white shark was going inside a dead and rotting shark to eat it and thought, well who cares if a small shark eats an already dead shark, then I realised that the other shark is not dead or rotting…