Wait... who's worse?
If there was one bright narrative in our current Shark Apocalypse it was that of South Africa’s False Bay, a onetime apex predator Great White shark feeding ground that became vacated when the Great Whites began getting eaten by vicious Killer Whales but… wait.
If Great Whites are apex predators then what does that make Killer Whales?
AApex predators?
Ol Dirty Bastards?
We must decide later because Great Whites have returned to False Bay after an eighteen month sissy li’l mama’s boy spree but don’t take my word for it. Take Newsweek’s.
A great white shark has been spotted in South Africa’s False Bay over 18 months after disappearing from the popular feeding ground. It was thought the predators left the area after killer whales arrived and started hunting them.
Shark-eating killer whales turned up in the Bay in 2015. Researchers started finding the carcasses of sevengill sharks that appeared to have been killed by orca. Two years later, five dead great whites were found with similar wound patterns. Examinations showed how they had been bitten in the area between their pectoral fins. Their livers were also missing.
Since then, great whites have been largely absent from False Bay, off Cape Town.
A similar phenomenon was previously recorded off the coast of San Francisco. When killer whales arrived at the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, the great white sharks would leave the feeding ground and not return for up to a year.
But they’re back now and does this mean Great White sharks are AAApex predators?
This whole business is feeling more Iran vs. USA every single day but I think until we get to the bottom of what’s actually happening no more surfing anywhere in any ocean.
AAAApex predators?
More as the story develops.
Orcas are a bunch dicks too, come to think of it.
Free Willie!
Fck sake… Going back to cape town for the first time in 6 years… Great timing.
Can we borrow some killer whales for the east coast of Australia? Kinda like the panda exchange China offer. Half the country is burning down yet the water is almost more dangerous.
Don’t worry, It’ll be howling South Easter your whole vacay.
You’ll be surfing in 7°c water on the Atlantic side.
We all know they never swim around the point.
Funny you would say that…. Just had an argument with my gf who is traveling with me to SA …. She kept saying it’s too Sharky… As everyone says it… I said who are they? Have they been there? Done research on this? There are almost no shark attacks on the west coast of south Africa.!!! Only east coast, false bay and a few bits and bobs around noordhoek. 😂
We will be in big bay, lambertsbay, elands …etc. might go struisbaai which is very Sharky
Where are Port and Starboard?? They’ll run them off but quick!
Shall we do some re-branding? sharkgrit.com is probably not taken
I think he / she will need an interpreter soon to keep them out of trouble.
Speaking of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, I copped his Wu Tang contemporary U-God’s autobiography for Christmas.
A fantastic read, it covers his child sexual abuse at the hands of a female babysitter (“I knew it was wrong but I never reported her, as I enjoyed it”) and his Extensive experience with physical violence (“you can tell a lot about people by how they react to being punched in the face. Not enough people are punched in the face nowadays”)
Anyway, sharks eh!
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Did you see the documentary that came out last year?
When is the WSL going to show some leadership on this matter?
The tour will soon kick off on the Gold Coast of Australia that is currently suffering a near fatal shark attack daily as a fleet of great whites invade that coast line. Than move to Bells where last year a savage shark seaweed scare showed the complete inability of the WSL response to savage shark attacks on it’s athletes. Followed to Western Australia were only last week a tragic fatal attack occurred and where a WSL event was cancelled mid comp due to the many near fatal attacks in the contest area?
I ask ELO….what about the children?
Who is going to protect the children!?!
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It’s winter here and I haven’t surfed in a couple months. I’m just not getting the same thrill from the awesome shark stories that I love so much. Seasonal depression. Spring will come, all will be well and I will continue to be thrilled by stories of the threatening demons lurking in every conceivable body of water.