Seal eats five sharks off the coast of South Africa.

[Jan]

http://now.msn.com/seal-eats-five-sharks-off-the-coast-of-south-africa

[jimlin]

leopard seal maybe?

[LCDRDATA]

Nah, he just found out he couldn't get any of Jan's food....

[jimlin]

haha, going on a eating spree due to shortage of jan's food.

[Coral Hind]

That's a smart seal. He lets the sharks do all the work catching the fish then he comes and kills the shark and eats the full stomach.

[Origami]

That's a smart seal. He lets the sharks do all the work catching the fish then he comes and kills the shark and eats the full stomach.

I hadn't thought of it that way, but ain't it the truth! And, with the huge liver that sharks have, he's getting a ton of high-calorie nutrition. It will be interesting to see if other seals in the area pick up on this.

[davelin315]

Would be devastating if they did... shark populations are already in severe decline from finning, if the overabundance of seals turned into a bunch of seals killing sharks the imbalance in the oceans could cause populations to crash of many species.

[jimlin]

from the video it seems like they are only able to pick off the smaller sized sharks. i think the seal will have a really bad day if it went after a large great white.

[Origami]

Would be devastating if they did... shark populations are already in severe decline from finning, if the overabundance of seals turned into a bunch of seals killing sharks the imbalance in the oceans could cause populations to crash of many species.

Open water sharks would be at less risk, I would suspect. Is this seal truly unique? Is this learned behavior? We know other species can learn new hunting techniques by observation. Very interesting behavior.

[Cliff Puckstable]

I believe this seal is on bath salts.

[DaveS]

I believe this seal is on bath salts.

 

LOL!

[Muddy357]

How about this video of a killer whale attacking a great white shark and it killed it.

 

[jimlin]

guess they dont call them killer whales for nothing.