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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Orcas hunt great white sharks in Australian waters and eat their livers, 50cm bite mark confirms

Large dead shark on a beach
A great white shark carcass washed ashore near Portland in south-west Victoria in 2023. Research shows it had been attacked by a killer whale. Photograph: Ben Johnson/Portland Bait and Tackle

Orcas have a taste for shark liver and prey on great white sharks in Australian waters, researchers have confirmed by using DNA analysis.

In October 2023, the maimed carcass of a 4.7m great white shark washed ashore near Portland, in southwest Victoria, missing its liver, digestive and reproductive organs.

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