A fisher has filmed an incredible feeding frenzy off Western Australia's south coast as countless sharks feasted upon a whale carcass.
John Cloke recorded the footage off Norman's Beach near Albany last week where a shark alert remained in place after the 15-metre humpback whale washed ashore.
"At one point there's probably about 100 sharks around the carcass … it was pretty full-on," he said.
"We couldn’t count them all."
Mr Cloke and his partner Indy Crimmins spotted the frenzy while camping at the beach, which is about 30 kilometres north-east of Albany.
"I was fishing off the beach and I could see this big thing bobbing in the water with birds around it, so I flew the drone out and saw it all," he said.
'Not that unusual'
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development research scientist Dr Steve Taylor said whale carcasses often attracted sharks in large numbers.
"It's beautiful footage," he said.
"As someone who works in the area of shark research, it's very interesting footage but not that unusual."
Dr Taylor said it was hard to tell what species were involved.
While it was likely some great whites were present, he said there would have been far more whaler sharks, a family that included bronze whalers.
"A whale carcass is a good feeding opportunity for many different species of sharks in our coastal waters," Dr Taylor said.
