Great Whites aren't ones to continue an attack unless they know they can kill and eat their prey. I don't know where this idea came from that they're not intelligent.
They're one of Earth's oldest killing machine without the need for evolution, must be doing something right. A killer whale could conversely suffer a Great White bite and survive.
How do I know this? Because humans survive shark attacks, Killer Whales are more durable.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Great Whites aren't ones to continue an attack unless they know they can kill and eat their prey. I don't know where this idea came from that they're not intelligent.They're one of Earth's oldest killing machine without the need for evolution, must be doing something right. A killer whale could conversely suffer a Great White bite and survive.
How do I know this? Because humans survive shark attacks, Killer Whales are more durable.
-AC
So...who would win?
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Great Whites aren't ones to continue an attack unless they know they can kill and eat their prey. I don't know where this idea came from that they're not intelligent.They're one of Earth's oldest killing machine without the need for evolution, must be doing something right. A killer whale could conversely suffer a Great White bite and survive.
How do I know this? Because humans survive shark attacks, Killer Whales are more durable.
-AC
Figuratively speaking.
Shark then grumpily goes for other better tasting prey, leaving human in pain and bleeding profusely.
And Killer Whales are normal prey for a Great White?
They're smart animals, they know there's no point chasing down and making a dire effort to kill a whale when they can grab some seals easily.
Despite their power and ferocity, they are predatory poachers. The only attack with steath or attack the injured/distressed.
-AC
That's pretty clear in the link that AOR provided; it was the orca mom who apparently chose to attack a great white when it clearly attempted to avoid her. If a great white ever had the proverbial balls to attack an orca first, it'd at least do a fair amount of damage. Too bad that'll probably never happen.
They died out because they simply didn't have enough of a sustainable, substantial food source, much like many of the dinosaurs really. Mainly due to the depth at which it swam. It couldn't survive in shallower waters and didn't come up to the surface to hunt, so when it more or less devoured it's food source in the depths, they died out and it died with them.
It was without equal during it's time though.
......yes, I know my marine biology. Why? We don't know.
-AC
The killer whale would destroy!
A mammal (a cetacean no less) has brain far superior to that of any fish. True that like crocodiles, sharks saw the dinosaurs come and go, and therefore it's physique evolved little--neither did its brain.
I believe that the shark has a more devastating bite (about 600 pounds) than the mammal, coupled with its serrated teeth--but the shark would still lose