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| | | | | A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California have learned to effectively paralyze juvenile great white sharks. | |
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| | | | | Unama'ki is one of the largest Great White sharks tagged | |
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| | | | | When a great white shark is born, along with up to a dozen siblings, it immediately swims away from its mother. Born on the east and west coasts of North America, the south of Africa and southwest Australia, baby sharks are on their own right from the start. Their mother may see them only as prey. At birth the baby shark is already about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long; as it grows it may reach a length up to four times that. The pup (which is what a baby shark is called) will live its life at the top of the ocean's food chain. But before it grows larger, the pup must avoid predators bigger than it is-including other great white sharks. Many baby sharks do not survive their first year. Young great white sharks eat fish (including other sharks) and rays. As they gro... | |
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| | | A South African killer whale already famous for surgically extracting shark livers has a new trick up its sleeve-but it could harm shark populations. | ||
