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Those orcas wearing salmon hats? It might not be as cute as you think

Killer whales have been spotted swimming around with dead salmon on their heads. The behavior was first spotted in 1987, among the Southern Resident population of killer whales, a critically ...

Preoccupied diver unaware that enormous shark approaches from behind

"When a big shadow appears in the deep blue & starts moving straight towards you,” reads the Manta Dive Center Instagram ...

Suspected shark attack at Lovers Point occurred in time and place where large sharks come to feed

Lovers Point, a rocky promontory along scenic Ocean View Boulevard with two small crescents of beach beside it, was featured ...
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2 predators may have driven great whites out of their own waters

For years, great white sharks were the undisputed apex predators along parts of South Africa’s coast, gathering in dense numbers around seal colonies and drawing tourists from around the world. Then, ...
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‘Hyper-apex predators’ over 10 metres long once dominated our oceans – unlike anything seen today, say scientists

A team of researchers reconstructed an ancient marine ecosystem – and discovered a previously unseen seventh layer in its ...
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Great White Sharks Were Scared Out of Their Habitat by Just 2 Predators

In the absence of great white sharks, copper sharks ( Carcharhinus brachyurus) are moving in to fill the vacant ecological ...

Men jump overboard to swim with orcas in reckless stunt off Mexico

Wild orcas are not known to attack humans, but that’s partly because most humans are sensible enough not to jump into the ...