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Orcas are hunting young great white sharks for their livers

Andrew Paul

created: Nov. 3, 2025, 5 a.m. | updated: Nov. 13, 2025, 5:05 a.m.

Recently, ocean researchers discovered that the apex predators aren’t afraid of taking on equally formidable foes—great white sharks. Another documented great white shark feast took place two years’ later, and followed similar steps. Credit: Marco Villegas Marco Villegas MartínezMarco Villegas“Adult white sharks react quickly to hunting orcas, completely evacuating their seasonal gathering areas and not returning for months. But these juvenile white sharks may be naive to orcas,” said study co-author Salvador Jorgensen. “We just don’t know yet whether white shark anti-predator flight responses are instinctual or need to be learned.”Great white sharks may not be orcas’ first choice of prey.

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