“We caught the Orcas predating on the broadnose sevengill shark, also an apex predator… Later, they were found to have predated on Great Whites in Gansbaai.” So says a marine biologist, aquarist and commercial diver from the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. Great Whites raise a lot of interest but there is nothing mysterious about them according to a letter written by a professional commercial and game fisherman.
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