Scientists: A mysterious animal ate an entire 9-foot great white shark

gizmodo.com ^ | 6/6/14 | James Baker

[Kartographer]

Scientists in Australia tagged a healthy 9-foot great white shark as part of program to track these animals. Four months later they found the tracking device washed up on a beach. Something—something really big—had eaten this apex predator. But what creature could dine on such ferocious prey?

[HamiltonJay]

A bigger shark.. duh

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

"I think you all need to read the article before commenting."

WHAT? Ya know, someone always has to come along and spoil the party of drive bys!

[mosaicwolf]

Probably a US Navy Shark bomb experiment that went off prematurely.

[GeronL]

the device was ingested, not necessarily the whole shark

could be a finless shark out there somewhere

[UB355]

swamp people

[dainbramaged]

A nine foot great white shark is a young animal, less than half the size of mature adults. I worked on tuna boats in the early 70’s and we saw a few big fellas of the California coast.

[gaijin]

[BykrBayb]

Must have been one heck of a Mooche!

[camle]

or maybe it fell off

[Bulwyf]

Haha, I know, but I want to hear what people think it really is. Koller whales and other sharks and things like that wouldn’t go down to great depths and hang out there heh.

I still think giant squid, but maybe it’s something of old testament fame?

[Joe Brower]

"A 20-foot Great White?"

Exactly my first thought. "Mysterious animal"... c'mon.

[BykrBayb]

GUILTY!

[IronJack]

I’m not accusing her of anything, but was Rosie anywhere nearby? Has Michael Moore developed an appetite for seafood?

[Carlucci]

The shark was smashed to bits when MH-370 crashed into it.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Octopus Giganticus! Better known as the Kraken!

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

So the tracking device was found washed up on shore ?
It has natural bouyancy , or was pre-digested ?
and came out by virtue of digested fish offal (fish poop) ?
That's awful ! No additional DNA material ?

[CatherineofAragon]

Moochelle short on tamales lately?

[njslim]

Malaysian Flight 370....?????

[Bulwyf]

Kraken? I’ve wondered about the old sailor’s stories sometimes. I’m wondering what the world’s biggest squid looks like and the size of it.

[IndyTiger]

Hooper: That's a twenty footer!

Quint: Twenty five! And three tons of him!

Martin: You're gonna need a bigger boat, right?

Quint: Gotta get to work.