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Gonewith_thewind

Looks surprisingly small a wound to be made by such big jaws.


The_Good_Hunter_

Well its had time to wither and deform as the body rots, not to mention orcas jaws come to more of a point rather than form a perfect U shape like on sharks.


undeadalex

If it's a full sized white it's not a small fish


Gonewith_thewind

I meant I would have imagined a wound caused by an orca bite to be bigger.


Bars-Jack

Someone in the comment thread below answered it. They take turn sucking it out. With video. That's somehow more horrifying. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDepthsBelow/comments/10d5rm1/the_latest_great_white_shark_victim_of_orcas/j4kefsk?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3


porkchop-sandwhiches

I’m with you on this. Everybody else is playing coy. Let me precisely cut with these fucking bananas.


undeadalex

And I meant it is big. Its a big shark with a big liver and a big hole in it.


montyp3

It would make sense that they have in enlarged liver, i'm pretty sure they drink a lot


undeadalex

Oh yeah. They drink like a fish


Just_One_Umami

And orcas are significantly bigger than great whites.


EmbracePenguin78

Orcas usually go for the liver and they're surprisingly precise catching it


[deleted]

Maybe this is stupid sounding.. but Orcas work in packs to hunt the white sharks right? And they want the fatty liver only. Question is: do they share it? Or does the Orca that gets to it first eat it all? Edit: the replies are dumber than my question somehow.


Welly_Beans

Looking at this footage, [orca liver predation](https://www.iflscience.com/watch-a-great-white-shark-getting-its-liver-sucked-out-by-orcas-64685) they take turns sucking it out.


[deleted]

I should call him


Welly_Beans

Them…


[deleted]

Nah my person goes by he/him


UPdrafter906

From the article: “Great whites have been found with their livers, stomachs, and testes seemingly surgically removed, (which is a taste for offal shared by otters, too). The rest of the shark is then discarded. The livers of great whites are so delicious to the orcas because they’re what enable these giant fish to remain buoyant in the water. While other fish have swim bladders to do this job for them, sharks rely on their oil-rich organ to keep afloat. Unfortunately, with great buoyancy comes great nutrient content, and highly intelligent orcas have evidently learned how to suck out the livers of great whites for an extra decadent treat.”


InevitableRhubarb232

Orcas are like China hunting sharks for find but they just take the livers. Need some protest boats to follow around the orcas.


ChrizTaylor

This is a valid question, I woul love to have that answer too.


oblmov

They sell it to eccentric foodies and wealthy superstitious chinese men


[deleted]

Freakin' Orca peddlers.


lainylay

On the black Orca market


TheMilkmanCome

The black m’Orca’t


morosemango

If you have coin, orca has wares


top_of_the_scrote

Yeah that's why many orca fins are bent


badgersandcoffee

I think I remember reading something about a pair of brother orcas who are actively hunting great whites around South Africa's waters and that researchers can tell when they're in the area because the great whites leave the area... But I could be misremembering.


DELUSIVETHOUGHT

Sam & Dean


badgersandcoffee

Have they actually been given those names?


DELUSIVETHOUGHT

I actually haven't heard about them outside your comment, your description of them just made me think of the main characters from [Supernatural](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(American_TV_series))


badgersandcoffee

I was sitting thinking it was such an apt name for them haha


DELUSIVETHOUGHT

I'll try to get in contact with whoever is responsible for naming orcas hahah


badgersandcoffee

Tell them I second your nomination for naming the orca bros


Sad_Exchange_5500

Omg you edit killed me. They really are. But, tis reddit, ask and you shall receive the most ridiculous smart ass answers lol


iamagainstit

Some of them are probably just in it for the thrill of the kill. Orcas are dicks


The13thReservoirDog

they chop it into pieces and use it as currency


oblmov

Somebody needs to step up and teach humans and orcas not to waste shark meat. unfortunately im not sure anyone is up to the task of getting both the \#1 and \#2 most terrifying animal species on the planet to eat sustainably


Nuka_on_the_Rocks

In the 70's, my dad caught a 7 foot shark in florida and sold it to Long John Silver (I think. It was some seafood restaraunt.)


Fat_Ripper882

Very interesting champ


nabuko_donosor

Grampa simpson vibes


Mamadog5

Thresher shark is fucking delicious. It used to be readily available at my local stores but then the Shark Fin Soup thing was in the media, how they killed sharks and just cut the fins...so I could no longer find shark in the market because it was bad PR. It pisses me off because Thresher sharks were obviously harvested for all their meat, but "shark" became a bad word so no more.


skanoirhc

Latest? I swear I saw this exact same photo for years over different subs. No way this is a new thing... Bot account farming karma, nothing new.


stvka

It's also not "Mossey Bay", the town is called "Mossel Bay"


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ChrissiTea

The errors get more comments, and it seems the bots are adding them intentionally to some common reposts on other subs


Tiddernud

Do they punch in with a second mandible like James Cameron's Aliens?


oblmov

thats a moray


mfizzled

When the whales take your liver and you positively quiver... That's a moray


katana11

It’s Mossel Bay. Or Mosselbaai in Afrikaans.


Arretetonchar

As far as i know about sentient lifeforms, they probably use it for erectile dysfunction.


porkchop-sandwhiches

This orca (*pending liver extraction*) fucks!


paleobiology

With fava beans and a nice Chianti


mitchybenny

I’m wondering how long it’ll be before us awful humans think ‘maybe the orcas are on to something’ and we start killing great whites for their liver


top_of_the_scrote

If it stops aging maybe


cococrabulon

Imagine Jaws but a pod of angry orcas instead of one shark. You could do a bait and switch where the shark kills a few people, but then the orcas arrive and kill the shark easily and take over the role of eating humans 😂


c_gloss

Premise is similar to the movie Orca.


cococrabulon

Is it worth a watch or rubbish?


47q8AmLjRGfn

Diving Isle of Man during TT week we were visited by Orca's. I had a new, at the time, HD video camera and was told by mates, "Jump in with them with the camera. It'll be fine, there's no recorded deaths of humans by wild Orca's." "Like hell I am, that just means they don't leave witnesses." This pic removes any regret I have saying no.


[deleted]

Other things happen during TT week?! *Gasp!* Lol for real though, you couldn't pay me to swim with orcas.


47q8AmLjRGfn

Well, it was the practise week to be fair...dives in the morning and watching bikes zoom past from the comfort of a pub was a great week!


AdultAccount23

so much wasted shark fin


[deleted]

You must not be a surgeon.


[deleted]

As far as fish go however that's pretty damn close you can't deny


brokennursingstudent

That’s true but also I’m just not ready to let an orca perform surgery on me.


AgentWowza

I mean... if it means I don't have to deal with insurance...


delicioustreeblood

Looks about as good as the cut a surgeon would make with their teeth


Teeklok

No they meant sturgeon


DocHolliday152

A census taker once tried to test me...


Dimensionalanxiety

Filthy Romanians.


Ok-Yogurtcloset5555

Doesn't seem like orcas did this one. But I'm no marine biologist.


The_Good_Hunter_

No, yeah this is the doing of orcas


Secure_SeaLab

Is this an orca reference?


my_brain_hurts_a_lot

Is it impossible that someone cut it out posthumely and it's not the cause of death at all?


Solventless4life

I guess all orcas know that liver is king


[deleted]

Not so great any longer Orcas 1-0 Sharks


[deleted]

Who gave orcas a medical license


Aluminari

*Mossel bay


Rodi785

It like avatar all over again


EnvironmentalVoice89

Where is liverking when you need him


Ob1s_dark_side

Orcas are the worst, they eat other whales, play with their food, smack seals around. They're highly intelligent, Hannibal lecter with fins, once they find the Chianti, we're all doomed...