In the ocean, both the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca) are fearsome top predators. But of the two massive animals, the killer whale may be the more formidable one, a new study has found. Salvador Jorgensen, a marine ecologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, and his colleagues […]
New study reveals great white sharks’ fear of killer whales
There is always a bigger fish. A new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium found that even great white sharks, one of the most formidable predators in the ocean, have something to fear. According to the research, which also included research partners from Stanford University, Point Blue Conservation Science and Montana State University and published […]
