Watch the rare documentation: "Half-eaten zombie shark" continues to hunt
A rare document from the shores of Spain shows a shark that was attacked and badly injured by a bunch of sharks trying to continue hunting without success until it finally died from its wounds.
Scientists claim that such attacks on sharks are not uncommon at all, but humans are partly to blame
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09/12/2021
Thursday, 09 December 2021, 01:19 Updated: 01:21
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He may be just half the shark he once was, but he's still hungry.
A marine scientist has published a rare record of a shark in pursuit of food - even though it has lost much of its body.
The missing part of his body is the result of an attack by another shark, according to the same scientist who saw the attack with his own eyes.
"Sharks eat sharks, it's known, but it's very difficult to document," Dr. Mario told Berto.
The incident took place in front of the eyes of Latberto and his crew off the coast of Spain after they released a black-edged shark back into the sea.
After releasing him, a group of bull sharks decided to attack him.
The group of about 10 sharks (each weighing about 130 kg) brutally attacked the shark, tearing a large part of its body, but it still managed to continue swimming for 20 minutes and looking for food, until it died of its wounds.
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The New York Post reported that some scientists claim that the number of sharks' attacks on other sharks is on the rise, because the creatures are under pressure from the nets and attempts to hunt them down or capture them to protect humans.
Once trapped, they send messages of distress and express unrest, turning an easy target into other hungry sharks, according to Professor Mark Miken, of the Australian Marine Research Association.
"It's not just one strain that attacks the other. A lot of strains attack each other," he explained.
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Of course humans are not the only reason sharks attack each other, but they encourage these attacks.
"It's something natural," says Miken, and indeed a study published in 2019 showed that sharks have been eating each other for thousands of years.
Examination of fossil discharges from prehistoric orthcanthus - a shark that swam in the oceans 300 million years ago - revealed that they contained fossilized shark teeth.
Professor Miken said: "It shows that 300 million years ago these were cannibalistic sharks. Predation of a shark by another shark is a basic characteristic of them."
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