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Something Ate This Shark... But What? (Something Enormous Ate a Very, Very Big Great White Shark)
Smithsonian Channel on You Tube ^ | May 30, 2014 | Smithsonian Channel

Posted on 06/07/2014 9:39:25 PM PDT by OneVike



A group of marine biologists off the coast of Australia tagged a healthy great white shark. Then, a few months later, the tag washed ashore. When researchers analyzed data from the tag, they were confronted with a mystery that was deeply weird, and slightly terrifying.

In this video, we learn what the researchers found on the tag. A few weeks after tagging, the shark appears to have been abruptly dragged down into a deep ocean trench, then eaten. The tag remained in the digestive system of the animal that ate it for several days. Whatever animal it was seemed to be bobbing to the ocean surface once in a while, though it never plunged as deeply as it had after it ate the shark.

What kind of deep-dwelling alpha predator did this? Obviously it's very possible that the shark's tag was eaten, but that still leaves us wondering what could bite a hunk off a shark, then zoom down to an incredible depth and back up again? This video is a reminder of how little we actually know about shark behavior and deep sea life.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; cryptozoology; monster; shark
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To: OneVike

Squid.

Or very hungry aliens.


161 posted on 06/08/2014 10:53:24 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: varmintman; Jack Hammer
Varmint, maybe Jack H. is right (above) -- it wasn't the megaladon OR killer whale ... it was *gulp* very hungry ALIENS!!!

=^[

I mean, what other explanation is there?

;^) !!

162 posted on 06/08/2014 11:06:03 AM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: 21twelve

It’s why I stay out of any body of water larger than my bathtub.


163 posted on 06/08/2014 1:20:43 PM PDT by Hootowl
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To: Red_Devil 232

10-4


164 posted on 06/08/2014 2:49:11 PM PDT by Understand the stimulus
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To: Lazamataz

Octidude was just cleaning up the neighborhood, to make it safe for the chilrin don’tchaknow.


165 posted on 06/08/2014 3:23:36 PM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: Finny

Yeeeeah!
I could chow on some squid all day long.


166 posted on 06/08/2014 5:04:06 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: Finny

If its 11" giant eyes can sense light from the surface, then hone in on its prey from some 1000m deep, just imagine how the Great THUNDERBIRD might prey upon us from above.

167 posted on 06/08/2014 5:06:43 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Lazamataz

I need to find the song on YouTube to get the music to it. The words alone just don’t do it justice I’m afraid.


168 posted on 06/08/2014 9:45:22 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
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To: Jack Hammer
Squid.

Or very hungry aliens.


I vote for the squid. maybe a very big one, especially a giant one that lives in the deep.
169 posted on 06/08/2014 9:54:20 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
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To: Little Pig

Wow, that is interesting. I never saw a beak of a squid before. It does look like it would take a good bite.


170 posted on 06/08/2014 10:09:51 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
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To: RandallFlagg

That is not a lot of food.


171 posted on 06/08/2014 10:11:00 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
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To: exit82

You know, I keep wondering if that is what we are dealing with. The question remains as to what exactly is the leviathan. Even biblical scholars are all over the place.


172 posted on 06/08/2014 10:18:36 PM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting for a ride home)
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To: OneVike

Sorry to hear that you’re under the weather, OneVike. Hope you feel better soon.

Meanwhile I just now added the link and cleaned up the title and the source.

This is fascinating trying to figure out what ate that big shark.


173 posted on 06/10/2014 1:23:20 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: OneVike

Cool


174 posted on 06/10/2014 4:08:29 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: OneVike
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
175 posted on 06/10/2014 4:49:11 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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To: OneVike

Three hints:
1. It was large enough to eat a nine foot long shark.
2. The meal spent a few days in a placed warmer than the surrounding water.
3. The shark was abruptly dragged down 1,900+ feet.

Mr. Shark meet Mr. Sperm Whale.

Snap!

Gulp!

And now you know the rest of the story.


176 posted on 06/10/2014 5:27:36 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est - because of what Islam is and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: OneVike

Godzilla is back. Saw it advertised on TV a few weeks ago.


177 posted on 06/10/2014 8:12:30 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: OneVike
Something ate this shark but what...?
178 posted on 06/10/2014 11:18:59 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

That photos cries out……………Burqua


179 posted on 06/10/2014 11:20:36 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Taliban, Fast and furious, VA, Benghazi)!!!)
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To: OneVike

Michael Moore


180 posted on 06/10/2014 2:08:02 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (I am the Tea Party bully who took Mitch McConnell's milk money.)
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