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WATCH: Pod Of Whales Hunt Down Sharks In Australian Water

WATCH: Pod Of Whales Hunt Down Sharks In Australian Water

NATURE!

Matthew Cooper

Matthew Cooper

QUICK! Someone call David Attenborough immediately. There is a clip of a pod of Whales (that's the science term) hunting down a shark and it's begging to be narrated by the legend.

The footage appeared on 7 News Sydney's Twitter page and shows what look like false killer whales hunting down a small shark off the coast of Cronulla, a suburb of Sydney.

According to Mashable, Bruno Kataoka filmed the encounter with a drone. The four whales tracking down what looks to be a juvenile shark as it attempts to flee. Moments later, it's all over. One of the whales grabs onto its prey with its jaws, dragging it down to the bottom of the sea, to be eaten.

Talking to 7 News, Kataoka was surprised at hoe lucky he was to get such great footage: "It was exciting, it was a really exciting moment," he said. "National Geographic guys [would be] waiting months to get such a thing, and we just happened to be there at the right moment, at the right time."

Footage like this is apparently very rarely caught on camera.

"Oh it's amazing, that kind of footage is just so rare to catch," marine biologist Georgina Wood told the television station.

"We generally see a lot of action from humpbacks here in Sydney, especially during these winter months, and they can get up to around 14 to 15 metres (45 to 49 feet) long," she added.

They're called false killer whales because they are much smaller than humpbacks, Wood explained, appearing to measure around three to five metres (9 to 16 feet) long.

RIP to the shark from this video. 1 RT equals one prayer.

To equal the balance, here is a shark munching on a seal.

Words by Matthew Cooper

Lead Image Credit: 7 News Sydney

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Topics: Whales, Wales, shark

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