![]() This case represents the first video footage showing an adult humpback being killed by a great white shark, but in 2015 a baby of the same species was ambushed by a group of up to 20 dusty sharks. It was gashed open and had its liver removed, believed to be by hunting killer whales Pictured, a great white which washed up in South Africa in 2017. ![]() It is deeply uncommon for whales to be predated by sharks, but it is known to occur the other way round. Helen the great white relented after the initial blow and waited for the whale to grow weaker as it slowly bled out and after approximately 30 minutes, the shark renewed its attack. The initial blow to the tail led to profuse bleeding and Mr Johnson continued to record the event via drone, which required a total of six battery changes. 'She managed to open a vein and blood immediately started pluming out.' 'The first strike was at the whale's tail, the skinny part above the flukes where she could get her mouth all the way around. 'The shark was very strategic about it, there was no hesitation, it was as if she knew exactly how to go about it,' Ryan Johnson told The Times. ![]() The great white shark was recognised as one which researchers named Helen and tagged as part of a 2013 study led by Mr Johnson. The great white was very strategic in taking down the behemoth, and initially severed an artery or vein on the whale's most vulnerable area, its tail, before drowning the ailing leviathan (pictured)
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