Sharks have been known to try and eat boat motors at times, and the reason may be because some motors give off electrical pulses similar to those detected in potential prey.

Sharks have been known to try and eat boat motors at times.

Shark expert Arnold Postell from the South Carolina Aquarium believes that sharks do this because electrical pulses given off by some motors resemble those from potential prey.

In fact, sharks have special pores at the ends of their noses to pick up even the smallest electrical signal produced by other animals’ muscle contractions.

Charter boat captain Scott Fitzgerald experienced this behavior first hand during a trip into the Gulf of Mexico.

A great white shark put its mouth around the boat’s new trolling motor which Fitzgerald then pulled in and placed onto the boat deck.

When he put the motor back in the water, the shark tried to sink its teeth into it again.

This same pattern happened a third time until Fitzgerald eventually left the area wit