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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Gws imo.
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Post by Methane on Feb 5, 2023 3:04:29 GMT
Sharks already seem to prey on these guys. According to Wikipedia: - Great white sharkI'd favor the shark over the elephant seal due to their jaws, unless we were using the largest specimens from the latter's southern cousins. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 3:05:23 GMT
Great Whites are a HORRIBLE matchup for blubbery animals. This is a mismatch.
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Post by lincoln on Feb 5, 2023 3:46:17 GMT
Great white, no analysis needed
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Post by Hardcastle on Feb 5, 2023 7:06:07 GMT
I'll just say I'm not quite as convinced as you guys.  16 ft vs 16 ft... Elephant seal has a far tougher constitution. In fact, I often think of elephant seals when I try and think of the strongest true fighting spirit in the wild animal kingdom, they are on a very short list. Brutal hardcore warriors. GWS isn't even hearing echoes of the list on his social media from a different hemisphere, being a total ambush puss 100% (even more so than felines). So yeah devastating weapon, sure, that's all the shark has. Better make it count. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 7:10:08 GMT
I'll just say I'm not quite as convinced as you guys. 16 ft vs 16 ft... Elephant seal has a far tougher constitution. In fact, I often think of elephant seals when I try and think of the strongest true fighting spirit in the wild animal kingdom, they are on a very short list. Brutal hardcore warriors. GWS isn't even hearing echoes of the list on his social media from a different hemisphere, being a total ambush puss 100% (even more so than felines). So yeah devastating weapon, sure, that's all the shark has. Better make it count. The shark just has to bite a chunk out of it and leave. The shark would run after the bleeding to death seal beats its ass. GWS have killed whales with their bite. |
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Post by CoolJohnson on Feb 5, 2023 7:34:43 GMT
I'll just say I'm not quite as convinced as you guys. 16 ft vs 16 ft... Elephant seal has a far tougher constitution. In fact, I often think of elephant seals when I try and think of the strongest true fighting spirit in the wild animal kingdom, they are on a very short list. Brutal hardcore warriors. GWS isn't even hearing echoes of the list on his social media from a different hemisphere, being a total ambush puss 100% (even more so than felines). So yeah devastating weapon, sure, that's all the shark has. Better make it count. So something like this could happen between Shark and Elephant Seal?  |
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Post by Hardcastle on Feb 5, 2023 7:36:21 GMT
I'll just say I'm not quite as convinced as you guys. 16 ft vs 16 ft... Elephant seal has a far tougher constitution. In fact, I often think of elephant seals when I try and think of the strongest true fighting spirit in the wild animal kingdom, they are on a very short list. Brutal hardcore warriors. GWS isn't even hearing echoes of the list on his social media from a different hemisphere, being a total ambush puss 100% (even more so than felines). So yeah devastating weapon, sure, that's all the shark has. Better make it count. The shark just has to bite a chunk out of it and leave. The shark would run after the bleeding to death seal beats its ass. GWS have killed whales with their bite. Bleeding only makes elephant seals more pissed off. |
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Post by Hardcastle on Feb 5, 2023 7:37:53 GMT
Sharks already seem to prey on these guys. According to Wikipedia: - Great white sharkIn other words they carefully avoid fighting elephant seals face to face. Smart. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 7:52:00 GMT
The shark just has to bite a chunk out of it and leave. The shark would run after the bleeding to death seal beats its ass. GWS have killed whales with their bite. Bleeding only makes elephant seals more pissed off. If you show me elephant seals being able to move athletically in the water, enough to not get bitten seriously by a shark, then I'm on board with the anti-shark club. Otherwise I think the shark is going to be a cunt and score a cheap kill. And then get targeted by all of the other players. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 9:58:32 GMT
I'll just say I'm not quite as convinced as you guys. 16 ft vs 16 ft... Elephant seal has a far tougher constitution. In fact, I often think of elephant seals when I try and think of the strongest true fighting spirit in the wild animal kingdom, they are on a very short list. Brutal hardcore warriors. GWS isn't even hearing echoes of the list on his social media from a different hemisphere, being a total ambush puss 100% (even more so than felines). So yeah devastating weapon, sure, that's all the shark has. Better make it count. "That's all the shark has", and what does the seal have exactly? A shittier pair of jaws? Calling a great white an ambush puss makes no sense. How do you expect a 14-18ft long predator would catch a very small, intelligent and agile seal? Great whites have also killed false killer whales, humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins too. Methane already mentioned that great whites have a technique for killing elephant seals, and see them as prey. I mean the winner is pretty clear to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 10:05:12 GMT
I'll just say I'm not quite as convinced as you guys. 16 ft vs 16 ft... Elephant seal has a far tougher constitution. In fact, I often think of elephant seals when I try and think of the strongest true fighting spirit in the wild animal kingdom, they are on a very short list. Brutal hardcore warriors. GWS isn't even hearing echoes of the list on his social media from a different hemisphere, being a total ambush puss 100% (even more so than felines). So yeah devastating weapon, sure, that's all the shark has. Better make it count. "That's all the shark has", and what does the seal have exactly? A shittier pair of jaws? Calling a great white an ambush puss makes no sense. How do you expect a 14-18ft long predator would catch a very small, intelligent and agile seal? Great whites have also killed false killer whales, humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins too. Methane already mentioned that great whites have a technique for killing elephant seals, and see them as prey. I mean the winner is pretty clear to me. Tigers see grizzly bears as prey too. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 12:29:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 12:31:16 GMT
"As the world’s largest fish, whale sharks Rhincodon typus could be assumed to be predator-free. Juvenile whale sharks are known to be preyed upon by sharks, marlin and orcas, and, although unconfirmed, bite marks on a sub-adult whale shark were attributed to white sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Department of the Environment and Heritage, DEH 2005). Attacks on large whale sharks by other large sharks are reported, but the predator remains unidentified (Fitzpatrick et al. 2006). Here, we provide confirmation that white sharks feed on adult whale sharks. In the 1960s, a 4.5-m male white shark was caught at Cheynes Beach Whaling Station (near Albany, southwest Australia) by the Department of Fisheries. At that time, white sharks frequented this area and fed on dead whales that were tied up prior to processing for oil. The individual was dissected and two unidentified and damaged shark centra (vertebrae) were recovered from the stomach contents (Fig. 1). These centra have been held in the ichthyology collection of the Western Australian Museum (WAM) for the last 50+ years. The centra were recently re-examined and identified as belonging to a whale shark of at least 8.5 m in length (based on ~12-cm-diameter centra; Wintner 2000). Compared to other orectolobiform sharks, whale shark centra are less calcified, with an open intermedialia. The cartilages of these centra appear etched by stomach acid and distorted due to decalcification, desiccation and shrinkage. Whale sharks are generally tropical, occasionally appearing in more temperate waters, including Albany (DEH 2005). White sharks are most common in temperate Australia; however, they are known from tropical regions, including Ningaloo Reef, where sub-adult whale sharks congregate in the austral Autumn (Fitzpatrick et al. 2006). The diet of white sharks is dominated by smaller sharks, teleosts and mammals (Cortés 1999), and feeding on large cetaceans, either live or dead, is known (e.g. Dudley et al. 2000; Hussey et al. 2012) and regularly reported in the popular media. We cannot confirm whether the white shark preyed on a living whale shark or whether it scavenged on a dead carcass. We also cannot confirm whether the interaction was in tropical or temperate seas."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 12:34:54 GMT
Shark Snacks On False Killer Whale Tuesday, December 29, 2009 by Martin Brody No Comments and No Reactions
A false killer whale that beached on the Sunshine Coast yesterday bore wounds thought to be from a shark attack, experts have said. The whale died after desperate efforts by up to 50 people who rushed to Twin Waters on a rescue mission. The 3.8 metre female was first spotted at 6:30AM south of Mudjimba Island. Originally thought to be a pilot whale, it was later identified by an attending Australia Zoo rescue team as a “pseudorca crassidens” – a false killer whale.
Workers Attempt to Revive False Killer Whale
The rescue team brought the whale into the shallows to conduct the identification, and efforts then continued to save the distressed mammal, which was believed to be an adult. The injured whale had a damaged dorsal fin and evidence of “superficial” shark bites. The rescue efforts stretched well into the morning as volunteers and veterinarians fought to keep the stranded mammal alive. Australia Zoo veterinarian Tim Portas conferred with Sea World veterinarians during the rescue efforts. A rescue unit spokeswoman said staff and volunteers were able to move the large whale from the beach and transfer it to a truck for transport to the Australian Wildlife Hospital at Beerwah. “Unfortunately, despite everyone’s best efforts, the whale did not survive,” she said. “It underwent a necropsy at Australia Zoo to identify the cause of the stranding. The full cause of the stranding will not be known until the pathology results are completed.” Those involved in the rescue were said to be devastated over the death of the whale. Sources said sightings of the extremely sociable false killer whales are not common on the Coast. They prefer deeper waters away from land. |
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