Researchers have spotted orcas in the Gulf of California repeatedly attacking and feasting on the livers of juvenile great white sharks in first-of-their-kind observations.
The orcas (Orcinus orca) employed a savage-but-clever method to temporarily paralyze their prey, according to a new study. The technique involved flipping the small sharks upside down, thereby changing their awareness of their surroundings and forcing them into a trance-like state known as tonic immobility.
