A "zombie shark" half-eaten by congeners off the coast of Spain continued to hunt its prey in front of scientists for the last 20 minutes of its life. The New York Post drew attention to the photo with the marine predator.
Scientist Mario Lebrato, 35, and his team released an oceanic blacktip shark into the sea. Soon after the shark was released, a group of other predators, including blunt-finned sharks, gathered around it.
A gang of underwater predators attacked a black tip shark and nibbled most of its side. Despite missing part of its flesh, the blacktip shark continued to swim in front of the researchers for 20 minutes. It later died from its injuries.
Researchers filmed the incident on video. According to the author of the video, the predatory fish suffered as a result of shark cannibalism. "Sharks eat sharks, this is a known fact. But this phenomenon is very difficult to capture on video and document," Lebrato explained. Mark Meekan, a professor at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, opined that shark attacks on each other are increasing as a result of predators getting caught on bait hooks that people set up to protect themselves from attacks. Once hooked, the sharks send out distress signals and become easy prey for hungry, healthy sharks. Mikan clarified that humans are not the only reason sharks behave this way. Sharks hunting each other is a fundamental evolutionary trait. "There were already cannibalistic sharks 300 million years ago," Mikan explained. Earlier it was reported that off the coast of Monomoy Island, located on the northeast coast of the United States, a hungry great white shark, also known as a cannibal shark, mauled a seal a couple of kilometers off the coast in front of people and caught on video. The footage shows the predator pouncing and wrestling with its prey.
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