New Research Confirms Orcas Do Target White Sharks

Newly published research confirms the first direct evidence of orcas killing white sharks in South Africa. This has been captured by both a helicopter and drone pilot, Rhodes University, Grahamstown reports. Watch the video…

This news follows the publishing of a research paper in The Ecological Society of America’s journal, Ecology. It presents both sets of video footage, which provide new evidence that orcas are capable of pursuing, capturing and incapacitating white sharks. One predation event was filmed on a drone, but the researchers believe that three other sharks may also have been killed.