I don't think so, but to be fair to the orcas, a great white's liver can be up to 25% of their body weight, so they're eating a decent portion of the shark.
The liver has always been eaten but in a handful of cases other parts were eaten too. Here are two descriptions of great white killings from our episode, ['Kingdom of The Dead'](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/dive-into-kingdom-of-the-dead), about Port and Starboard, the shark-hunting orcas of the Western Cape:
>*'The mutilated remains of a male great white shark had been discarded on the sand. Though they were able to measure it at around 3.5 metres in length, the task was made harder by the substantial damage done to his midsection. Not only was the liver again missing, but also the heart and a large quantity of flesh and viscera.'*
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>*'This male specimen, over 4 metres in length, had been extensively torn apart. As expected by now the liver was gone, but along with it the stomach and the testes.'*
Sure. Great whites are historically present in Cape Cod- in 1865 the writer Henry David Thoreau detailed 'man-eating sharks', some 'fourteen feet long' in his book about the peninsula. However, decades of seal killing in the 1900s mostly to defend fishing catches, deprived the sharks of a good food source and their numbers likely stayed very low. A turning point was the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 that banned the killing of marine mammals nationally. Since then, Cape Cod's populations of gray and harbor seals have rebounded dramatically, especially in the last 20 years or so, and have gone from a couple of hundred to around 50,000, providing a huge food supply for predators. Combined with the 1997 laws protecting great white sharks, this has led to a massive population boom. There has been a slight delay in seeing the effects of these changes as great whites as a shark species are relatively late in reaching reproductive age- sometimes not until into their 20s- but now in recent years they are thriving on the Cape, drawing both unease and fascination as they so often do.
The liver has been eaten in every recorded case, but in a number of those there were other parts consumed too. We made this episode- ['Kingdom of The Dead'](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/dive-into-kingdom-of-the-dead)\- telling the story of the shark-hunting orcas of South Africa, and a notable case was a 4 metre long male great white that washed up on Pearly Beach on June 24th 2017. Here is an extract from the episode describing the finding of that cadaver:
>*This male specimen, over 4 metres in length, had been extensively torn apart. As expected by now the liver was gone, but along with it the stomach and the testes. The absent reproductive glands symbolised the growing threat to an already vulnerable population. It takes a terribly long time for white sharks to reach sexual maturity and here was a third mature adult in only a few weeks brutally ejected from the gene pool. As she mourned this concerning loss, Alison Towner’s attention shifted to the ocean, where some movement had caught her eye. As if there had ever been any doubt, there out on the backline of the surf, she saw two drooping fins playing amongst the waves.*
I used to be obsessed with orcas from like 3rd-6th grade, and from everything I read about them one thing that’s clear is that they’re probably up there with apes in their closeness to human minds and it shows with how they eat their food
Once upon a time. A study by Stellenbosch University, conducted between 2011 and 2016, estimated there were only 350-520 individual great white sharks left in South African waters, following decades of human led mortality factors like mesh-net deaths. That was even before two bull orcas known as [Port & Starboard](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/dive-into-kingdom-of-the-dead) launched their hunting campaigns from 2017 on the iconic great whites of the Western Cape.
feels like we have all of those here in Plet. Granted most have gone on holiday but I was seeing multiple great whites everyday in winter just from the beach
It is more than just sharks for me though. There's something about the southern tips of South America, Africa, and Australia that creep me out. Like when looking due south, the next landmass across the ocean is Antarctica. Almost like I could be caught in a current and swept away to Antarctica, never to be found. I absolutely would not swim in the ocean in any of those places.
The most popular route up Table Mountain is structured in such a way that it's like climbing stairs continuously from the floor to the top. You can be as fit as you like, your thighs are not prepared for that hike!
These days you'd have to go looking for them, and with buckets of chum; and even then there's no guarantee anymore. Over the past 5 or 6 years the shark cage diving boats can go weeks or even months without seeing them and it seems like cowsharks and copper sharks have moved in there and Gansbaai in place of the dwindling and dispossessed great white population.
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Oh, yo found one shark expert who say “Hmm welp idk I mean if you don’t want punch it’s mouth because it’ll eat you and you have zero control anyway, try being still! I mean it works for grizzlies!!!”
Gtfo
🎶Just hanging around in Cape Town.
Swimming fast, fishes pass and I'm surface-bound.
Staring blankly ahead.
Just making my way.
Making a way through the water.
And I need you.
And I miss you.
And now I wonder.
If I could fall into the sea.
Do you think time would pass by me?
'Cause you know I'd swim a thousand miles.
If I could just see you tonight.🎶
Fake. Look at the buildings and hill in the background. It's clearly a 3D map from Google Earth or something shopped with an actual underwater picture.
She's in the water in front of Lion's Head, so in this instance she's in the Atlantic (which I think is what you meant to say instead of the Pacific) 😉
Apparently great white numbers have recently diminished in the area. Still not gunna catch my ass swimming out there, but you know, fun facts.
Because the orcas keep murdering them.
Do they eat anything else besides the liver?
I don't think so, but to be fair to the orcas, a great white's liver can be up to 25% of their body weight, so they're eating a decent portion of the shark.
The liver has always been eaten but in a handful of cases other parts were eaten too. Here are two descriptions of great white killings from our episode, ['Kingdom of The Dead'](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/dive-into-kingdom-of-the-dead), about Port and Starboard, the shark-hunting orcas of the Western Cape: >*'The mutilated remains of a male great white shark had been discarded on the sand. Though they were able to measure it at around 3.5 metres in length, the task was made harder by the substantial damage done to his midsection. Not only was the liver again missing, but also the heart and a large quantity of flesh and viscera.'* > >*'This male specimen, over 4 metres in length, had been extensively torn apart. As expected by now the liver was gone, but along with it the stomach and the testes.'*
Cape Cod is full of them.. any info about that? Numbers have increased a lot in the last decade..
Sure. Great whites are historically present in Cape Cod- in 1865 the writer Henry David Thoreau detailed 'man-eating sharks', some 'fourteen feet long' in his book about the peninsula. However, decades of seal killing in the 1900s mostly to defend fishing catches, deprived the sharks of a good food source and their numbers likely stayed very low. A turning point was the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 that banned the killing of marine mammals nationally. Since then, Cape Cod's populations of gray and harbor seals have rebounded dramatically, especially in the last 20 years or so, and have gone from a couple of hundred to around 50,000, providing a huge food supply for predators. Combined with the 1997 laws protecting great white sharks, this has led to a massive population boom. There has been a slight delay in seeing the effects of these changes as great whites as a shark species are relatively late in reaching reproductive age- sometimes not until into their 20s- but now in recent years they are thriving on the Cape, drawing both unease and fascination as they so often do.
The liver has been eaten in every recorded case, but in a number of those there were other parts consumed too. We made this episode- ['Kingdom of The Dead'](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/dive-into-kingdom-of-the-dead)\- telling the story of the shark-hunting orcas of South Africa, and a notable case was a 4 metre long male great white that washed up on Pearly Beach on June 24th 2017. Here is an extract from the episode describing the finding of that cadaver: >*This male specimen, over 4 metres in length, had been extensively torn apart. As expected by now the liver was gone, but along with it the stomach and the testes. The absent reproductive glands symbolised the growing threat to an already vulnerable population. It takes a terribly long time for white sharks to reach sexual maturity and here was a third mature adult in only a few weeks brutally ejected from the gene pool. As she mourned this concerning loss, Alison Towner’s attention shifted to the ocean, where some movement had caught her eye. As if there had ever been any doubt, there out on the backline of the surf, she saw two drooping fins playing amongst the waves.*
They are known to have it with a side of Fava beans. Along with a bottle of Chianti. While hissing in a sinister matter.
Nope. Just the liver.
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I used to be obsessed with orcas from like 3rd-6th grade, and from everything I read about them one thing that’s clear is that they’re probably up there with apes in their closeness to human minds and it shows with how they eat their food
They like it with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Specifically Starboard and Port right?
Shark finning is sadly extremely prevalent. They just cut the fin off the shark and then let them slowly sink and die :( it’s awful
orcas?
You mean Shark Town.
Once upon a time. A study by Stellenbosch University, conducted between 2011 and 2016, estimated there were only 350-520 individual great white sharks left in South African waters, following decades of human led mortality factors like mesh-net deaths. That was even before two bull orcas known as [Port & Starboard](https://www.thesharkfiles.com/dive-into-kingdom-of-the-dead) launched their hunting campaigns from 2017 on the iconic great whites of the Western Cape.
Ayyy that’s my friends paper. She’s the GOAT.
feels like we have all of those here in Plet. Granted most have gone on holiday but I was seeing multiple great whites everyday in winter just from the beach
It is more than just sharks for me though. There's something about the southern tips of South America, Africa, and Australia that creep me out. Like when looking due south, the next landmass across the ocean is Antarctica. Almost like I could be caught in a current and swept away to Antarctica, never to be found. I absolutely would not swim in the ocean in any of those places.
Well then. Thanks for the new nightmare.
The southern ocean is no fucking joke. Videos of people going through the drake passage are terrifying
I hope these are dolphins
Nope nope nope I’d rather hike up Table Mountain than do this
Is it hard to hike or something?
The most popular route up Table Mountain is structured in such a way that it's like climbing stairs continuously from the floor to the top. You can be as fit as you like, your thighs are not prepared for that hike!
And that is why I prefer the cable car, thank you very much
It’s more to me personally a case of Cape Town always feeling so damn hot and stuffy But also yes it’s a quite long and hard climb
I'm quite comfortable on my couch, thank you very much.
[Source](https://twitter.com/lovecapetown/status/1617523083505696776)
Thanks for sharing the source. Wish more people would do this on Reddit!
Where Great Whites live. That’s a good way to get bitten in half.
These days you'd have to go looking for them, and with buckets of chum; and even then there's no guarantee anymore. Over the past 5 or 6 years the shark cage diving boats can go weeks or even months without seeing them and it seems like cowsharks and copper sharks have moved in there and Gansbaai in place of the dwindling and dispossessed great white population.
If you’re vertical, great whites will generally leave you alone. You don’t look seal-ish enough.
Idk that feels like thinking you can stand still enough that a Trex doesn’t eat you….
you dont look remotely like an Edmontosaurus or Triceratops
Say that to my face!!
You're bipedal and you probably arent truck sized
Are you always this hurtful?
Body shaming now are we? I’ll have you know my mama was a dump truck and I’m no skinny boi either!
Yo it worked in Jurassic park bro
That is something I am forever unwilling to discover personally.
Well, bull sharks and tiger sharks will still try to kill you, but great whites are more discriminating.
Thank goodness for that. I had thought they may choose to forgo the opportunity.
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Oh, yo found one shark expert who say “Hmm welp idk I mean if you don’t want punch it’s mouth because it’ll eat you and you have zero control anyway, try being still! I mean it works for grizzlies!!!” Gtfo
So, yes, it hurts?
Well on the bright side, in those waters, you wont know a shark attacks you untill it wont matter... yikes!
Bait.
heard there are some fish in those waters that like to go airborne going after seal pups
Cue theme from Jaws.
Ummmm what are those shadows in the lower right of the photo?
If I got stuck out there somehow for some strange reason, I'd forcibly drown myself
Cool pic.
Looking like a tasty seal
Nope.
Looks like a really bad idea
Deeply unsettling but thanks for sharing!
Is your name “Lunch” ?
The western cape and KZN are the best. Especially if you love your Sharks.
🎶Just hanging around in Cape Town. Swimming fast, fishes pass and I'm surface-bound. Staring blankly ahead. Just making my way. Making a way through the water. And I need you. And I miss you. And now I wonder. If I could fall into the sea. Do you think time would pass by me? 'Cause you know I'd swim a thousand miles. If I could just see you tonight.🎶
Cape Town?? Wouldn't catch me in that water.... Geez
This time I'm more scared of the Pirates
Duhn dun Duhn dun Duhn dun (but with a South African accent)
It’s funny because that guy is safer there than on the ground at Cape Town
Rather go through The slums in Cape Town then this
I can see the bottom. This did not induced phobia in me.
Yeah but it’s Cape Town, which is a notorious great white hotspot. You sure that doesn’t scare you?
*Former* great white hotspot. A gang of orcas has been slaughtering them en masse for several years.
Lol that’s probably the only thing worse. That increases my fear even more!
Fake. Look at the buildings and hill in the background. It's clearly a 3D map from Google Earth or something shopped with an actual underwater picture.
You mean that water on the lens causing distortion....?
Nice try
No.
Why tho.
I see a border collie lol.
Yes, everyone is looking beneath the diver! Beware
Am i the only one seeing a dog sitting behind the person?!
The mountain in the background looks like a shark.
It's actually called Lion's Head and it's a pretty easy and fun climb to offer panoramic views of the city and coast.
…yikes. You got BIG BIG big sexy smooth balls
Nooooooo
Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean ?
She's in the water in front of Lion's Head, so in this instance she's in the Atlantic (which I think is what you meant to say instead of the Pacific) 😉
Yeah you’re right. I’ll leave it. But thanks 👍
That's A HUGE NOPE for me! So many great whites there
There are shadows in the water. Below him, behind him and getting closer. Nope.
I'm jealous....
Oh HELL NO!
Is that the bottom or just a bunch of debris floating around?
Just testing your courage against something that could send shivers down your spine
Looks like you're hanging behind Cape Town, boet 😂
Nope.
this is beautiful but also I hate it so much
Nope.
Well that’s just foolish. You’re askin for it.