Do Great Whites Fight Back?

Is it possible that Great White sharks fight back against orca? Could they win?

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Speed of Orca: 56 km/h (34.8 mph)

1,200 meters, or 3,937 feet

Depth of Orca
1,000 meters

[wildworld]

For some reason at the 4:30 mark I put that 4200lbs is 1110kg. 4200 lbs is *1905kg. Don't know how I made this mistake especially since I put the correct weight of closer to 2000 kg when comparing a white to an orca. Apologies.

Also, again this is just speculation and ideas. Sometimes predation events just fail for a variety of reasons.

[skerhardy]

The reason other sharks leave when a shark has died, is because dead sharks release certain pheromones. It immediately alerts other sharks that theres a possible threat in the area. They're actually trialling it currently as a new shark repellent, and so far its proving to be effective. Certainly against smaller sharks.

[GODEYE]

An orca pod pushing 40 deep would be a threat to anything in the sea, nevermind sharks 😂

[Bokaj]

I've seen orcas in real life, in a fjord in Iceland. 50 in total maybe. There were multiple families present, showing up for an unusual large amount of herrings that year. Needless to say not a seal in sight within miles :D Anyway, we went out into the fjord in a small fishing boat, and some scientists on board dropped a mic into the water so all their sounds was amplified in a speaker. Tbh it sounded like they were making fun of us, a lot of giggly and laughing like sounds. I stood at the edge of the boat looking into the abyss, seeing these massive and ghostly white 'shadows' torpedo back and forth under the boat - it was very intimidating but also awesome. The males are huge with 2 meter tall fins on the back. The whole 'feel' was that we were having our 'human event' on the surface and if you flipped the world upside down the orcas was having their event, meeting up having a good time, occasionally looking at us. I'm babbling, good experience :D

[darkknight]

Orcas do teach their hunting culture to others in their pod. They practice coordinated hunting attacks depending on the prey they're after. That in itself shows that they think, and are selective on prey species, and what techniques work for what prey. Simply amazing, intelligent mammals!!

[HeritageStacking]

Omg you are the first channel i have ever seen promoting another channel for a content idea. Amazing!!!! I just subbed you outstanding.

[blucksute]

The fact you gave the guy a shout out for giving you the idea was so sweet and humble of you. Also great video!!!

[lorenzomeloni]

The guy who wrote the paper about the South African female, Alessandro De Maddalena, is a personal friend of mine. He's a great shark expert from Italy, and he hosts wonderful expeditions in South Africa (where he lives) and Australia to observe great whites, including biology lectures on sharks. I was in South Africa with him in 2017, just after the first three Orca attacks, and the sharks were being very shy and elusive in the False Bay, we had to move around a bit to be able to spot them. They're also quickly and sadly decreasing in number, not because of the Orcas but illegal fishing and habitat destruction..

[alexanderishere]

Nice docu, Really well done, and provides actual systematic analysis and great speculation

[Tom_Grady]

THIS was a REALLY GOOD VIDEO! I am a shark enthusiast. I have self studied and have taken courses on Sharks and Shark habitat, behavior, reproduction so on and so forth since I was 16, I'm now 60. You presented your material in a concisely effective manner. Yes, I hit the subscribe button.

[emmetthowell]

I have such an emotional attachment to deep blue and I hope she lives a very long life. She’s already over 50 so has passed the lower age range for a white shark (40) and hopefully she meets or exceeds the higher end (70)

[karenneville-bq]

WOW! This was truly a fantastic video. Gonna search for more by this young man. Well done lad, very educational and very well presented. See you in the next one.

[ricaurterodriguez]

Wouldn’t it be possible that one of the reasons sharks just don’t dive deep beyond orca’s capabilities is that those depths are not always available where the attacks take place?

[crazyivan]

I believe that if a Great white shark hears any noise or the voice of an Orca, it retreats as quickly as possible. I am not sure if it was a film by Jacques Cousteau, but they were literally filming from the cage, and there were numerous Great white sharks, and the situation was getting under control when suddenly there was a voice of an Orca, and they all disappeared. A few minutes later, a 6-meter Orca male appeared next to the cage just to say "Hi"!

[fifthbusiness]

Well done. “Ideas and speculation, ” when offered from an obviously intelligent person, can often be useful and even valuable.

[iksarguards]

Why is this so surprising? No predator, not even mankind with out hyper advanced technology, has a perfect kill rate. Of course a shark can survive an orca attack. I'm sure a great number of hunts fail for any number of reasons.

[phantasmalemperor]

As a bug scientist who really wanted to be a shark scientist. I think you're onto something. Orcas are smart and probably avoid the 20ft sharks mostly because theres plenty of easier target's around. Orca that hunt seals tend to avoid leopard seals for the same reason. Thats not to say they wouldn't try if the opportunity presented itself but they probably wouldnt actively hunt the biggest great whites

[TheHedge]

All the Great Whites watching 12:53 onward: "WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!"

[phillippi]

One thing to note about orca and larger shark confrontations is that the orca will rarely directly manipulate the shark. Their method can be seen when they hunt whale sharks. What they'll do is hem the sharks, so that they cannot turn to the side. From there, they'll begin manipulating the preys fins. If the shark goes forward long or fast enough, they'll turn over and get into tonic immobility. This method has the advantage of working with physics, instead of fighting against it.

[Danny-mghu]

also Great White and other sharks have been found to have Colossal Squid and Giant Squid marks/scars. So there are battles between them as well.