Megalodon found? Giant great white shark eaten by bigger mystery sea monster
- 9 years ago
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Scientists are mystified after a huge great white shark appears to have been devoured by an even bigger "mystery sea monster."
Researchers had tagged the great white in 2004 to track its movements as part of a study. Four months later, the tag washed up on a beach in Western Australia less than two miles away from where it had been tagged.
Data from the tag showed a sharp rise in temperature and a sudden 2,000-foot plunge down a continental shelf. Scientists say the temperature rise means the shark was in another animal's digestive system. The tracking tag also showed signs of having been bleached by stomach acid.
The only explanation so far is that it was eaten by a giant cannibal great white shark. The temperature of the animal that ate the great white was 26 degrees Celsius, which means that it wasn't warm enough to be a mammal like a whale, but warm enough to indicate it was large enough to be able to sustain the relatively high temperature.
The case will be featured in Hunt for the Super Predator, a documentary scheduled to air in the U.S. on June 25. The documentary is based on the ABC (Australian) documentary The Search for the Ocean's Super Predator.
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Scientists are mystified after a huge great white shark appears to have been devoured by an even bigger "mystery sea monster."
Researchers had tagged the great white in 2004 to track its movements as part of a study. Four months later, the tag washed up on a beach in Western Australia less than two miles away from where it had been tagged.
Data from the tag showed a sharp rise in temperature and a sudden 2,000-foot plunge down a continental shelf. Scientists say the temperature rise means the shark was in another animal's digestive system. The tracking tag also showed signs of having been bleached by stomach acid.
The only explanation so far is that it was eaten by a giant cannibal great white shark. The temperature of the animal that ate the great white was 26 degrees Celsius, which means that it wasn't warm enough to be a mammal like a whale, but warm enough to indicate it was large enough to be able to sustain the relatively high temperature.
The case will be featured in Hunt for the Super Predator, a documentary scheduled to air in the U.S. on June 25. The documentary is based on the ABC (Australian) documentary The Search for the Ocean's Super Predator.
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