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Life Sciences => Marine Science => Topic started by: bizerl on 18/03/2013 05:13:24

Title: Does anything eat whale sharks?
Post by: bizerl on 18/03/2013 05:13:24

This came from my 5 year old son. I know there are bigger beasts in the ocean, but would they bother with a whale shark?

Title: Re: Does anything eat whale sharks?
Post by: Don_1 on 18/03/2013 11:54:30

I don't think the adult Whaleshark has any predators, though they may suffer the occasional bite from a particularly hungry Orca or perhaps some of the larger predatory sharks. But I seriously doubt this would be, by any stretch of the imagination, common.

The young Whaleshark, however, is predated by Orca, Blue Sharks and Blue Marlin.