please tell me who eats sharks. Please do not answer humans! I want animals.
2006-12-07 00:50:44 · 10 answers · asked by mod1991 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Some other animals will eat sharks. Typically it is an uncommon occurrence but it does happen. You have to realize that there are hundreds of species of sharks out there compared to the popular ones we see on discovery, animal planet, or national geographic. Many of them being small and susceptible to larger predatory fish like David B said. As they grow older, they can be preyed upon by other sharks but it is certainly not the only thing that will eat a shark. In an older journal (Marine Mammal Science. Vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 606-611. Oct 1996.) documented an orca (killer whale) feeding on a shark. There was also a story on CNN.com of wildlife enthusiasts videotaping a killer whale actually feeding on a 10 foot great white. Granted, from what I've read it is rare. Orcas have other animals they actively prey on more. There is actually a video on nationalgeophic.com that shows a giant octopus attacking and killing a shark that were placed in the same aquarium. This probably doesn't happen much in the wild cause again there are plenty of other things that don't have the potential to kill the octopus that it would rather eat. I'm not sure about the giant squid, but consider it gets bigger then the giant octopus and that it can defend itself from sperm whales that prey upon it, it wouldn't surprise me.
2006-12-07 08:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by DWare5883 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rattle snakes eat mammals not other snakes . , Piranhas only eat each other in tanks because they are unable to escape the over crowding in the wild the stripping to the bone thing is only problematic when the dry season occurs and the animals are stuck in small pools of water away from the rivers, Great white sharks are not very social except when mating or at a large kill such as a whale carcass
2016-03-28 21:52:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sharks have no predators. They war amongst themselves. They are territorial creatures. They live to eat and make baby sharks. Kinda sounds human, though...hummmmmm.
2006-12-07 01:00:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What type of sharks are we talking.
To my understanding MOST sharks have no wild predators. Humans are the only one, to most sharks. To my understanding.
2006-12-07 00:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Octopus
2006-12-07 01:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by babydoll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Giant Octopus?
Giant Squid?
2006-12-07 01:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by Chen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on the size of the shark, any predacious fish may prey on them, barracuda for instance. As they grow, only other sharks.
2006-12-07 00:52:57 · answer #7 · answered by David B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bigger sharks are known to eat smaller ones.
2006-12-07 01:08:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don' t have any predators in nature, they are the top of the chain in marine habitats.
2006-12-07 03:30:27 · answer #9 · answered by Nate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dolphins
2006-12-07 00:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋