Orcas Attack The Great White Shark

A paper published Monday in the Ecological Society of America’s journal Ecology shows the first confirmed observation of a group of orcas, also known as killer whales, hunting a great white shark. The killing was captured on video in May at Hartenbos Beach, South Africa, a statement from the Ecological Society of America said.

“This behavior has never been witnessed in detail before, and certainly never from the air,” said lead author Alison Towner, a senior shark scientist at Marine Dynamics Academy in Gansbaai, South Africa.