In the Gulf Of California, a group of orcas have developed specialized shark-hunting skills that mean they can make short work of one of the ocean’s greatest predators. Known as Moctezuma’s pod, they ram great whites so they get flipped upside-down, and then take advantage of their immobilized state to suck out their liver. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The brutal but efficient practice has now been confirmed as a regular occurrence, as a new study has become the first to recognize that orcas are repeatedly targeting juvenile great whites. Now, researchers are wondering how these young sharks are responding to a behavior that has even adult sharks running (swimming) scared.

Why do orcas eat sharks’ livers?

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