Great white shark eats petrel seabird off Neptune Islands
by TheDorsalFin on Jul.10, 2011 at 5:08 pm, under Shark Videos
YouTube user mvanh80 recently added the video above, which features a predation event of great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on a petrel (a seabird). The video, according to its description on YouTube, was shot on July 9th, at South Australia’s Neptune Islands, which is a popular great white shark diving hotspot.
While I’ve seen plenty of footage of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) preying on seabirds, I think this is the first bit of footage that I’ve encountered which features a white shark feeding on a bird.
July 11th, 2011 on 8:36 pm
Thanks for sharing this – i knew when i saw the feet in the water that something interesting may happen, and the shark didn’t disappoint…
July 11th, 2011 on 9:01 pm
Marc,
Thanks for posting the video. That was quite an event to capture on film.