1/22/2006

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1. [...] Hat tip to Patterico’s daughter. [...]

   Pingback by Sierra Faith » Blog Archive » Octopus Eats Shark! (e4b43b) — 1/22/2006 @ 11:22 pm

2. I believe that dolphins can kill sharks too (but they don’t eat them normally).

   Comment by Psyberian (1cf529) — 1/23/2006 @ 4:40 am

3. Polar bears do kill and eat whales…. so I’d imagine they’d eat any shark that got too close to the surface. I don’t imagine that happens very often though. (But I wouldn’t have imagined polar bears preying on whales either.)

   There apparently _is_ a ‘Giant Squid’ that sounds large enough. And there are a lot of types of sharks that just aren’t that big – Orca v. Dogfish isn’t a real contest. Larger sharks probably eat smaller ones also.

   Comment by Al (2e2489) — 1/23/2006 @ 10:01 am

4. That’s amazing, Al. Better call Greenpeace.

   On some nature site or another, there’s a film clip (not as clear as the one that clam linked to) of an orca killing a great white shark and letting her calf eat it. My money’s on the orca, not the polar bear.

   Comment by TNugent (6128b4) — 1/23/2006 @ 2:08 pm

5. Wow, that video was amazing — even more so than the pictures of snowflakes. But somehow I doubt that the video would help your daughter to go to sleep, Patterico.

   Comment by Andrew (08ba2c) — 1/23/2006 @ 4:21 pm

6. Eating Sharks

   Fun Fact for the Day: Did you know that a giant octopus can eat a shark like there’s nothing to it?

   Yeah, me neither.

   Trackback by The Horseback Riders (cf4e31) — 1/23/2006 @ 11:02 pm

7. Now I know where my collection of pet sharks have been going…

   Comment by Nick (cf4e31) — 1/23/2006 @ 11:04 pm

8. Towards the end of the clip the narrator mentioned that the sharks being eaten were 3-4 feet long, so I don’t know if this counts as an epic discovery…

   (i.e. most anything that size is lunch if there’s any sort of predator nearby).

   Now show me an octopus who can bring down a great white and I’ll be scared…

   Comment by Scott (57c0cc) — 1/24/2006 @ 9:40 am

9. For that, you need the elusive giant squid. Shiver….

   Comment by Andrew (08ba2c) — 1/24/2006 @ 6:34 pm

10. For that, you need the elusive giant squid. Shiver….

    Here he is in action…

    (and at 25 feet he just might be able to manage a great white)

    Comment by Scott (57c0cc) — 1/25/2006 @ 8:56 am

11. Giant Octopus Attacks Mini-Sub

    These Octopuses are something else. I couldn’t find the video yet, but here is a link to some pictures of a small sub being attacked by a huge octopus: http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_octopus-sub20060127.html

    Since the attacker was persuaded to go away with a burst of water and sea debris, its motives are unclear. But it either wanted to eat the sub or boink it.

    Comment by Psyberian (1cf529) — 1/28/2006 @ 6:20 am

12. What eats sharks if you know please e-mail me at rayneacrittenden@yahoo.com thank you.

    Comment by Raynea (06bff7) — 5/10/2006 @ 12:26 pm

13. wye dont people like octupuses it
    is haroble not good to see a
    octupuse you are haroble

    Comment by TINA (3745d0) — 11/11/2006 @ 4:59 pm

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