great white attacks another soupfin

[MoonWrasse]

just a quick google search:

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=0&hab=8&inhab=430

"Soupfins are known by a number of names including tope, flake, school shark, and vitamin shark."

Well, I guess she needed a couple of vitamins

BTW you can watch the crime scene, I mean shark aquarium, in real time via the shark cam:
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_smm/smm_cam.asp?bhcp=1

 

[saildiver]

I just read that the great white at Monterrey Bay Aquarium has killed its second soupfin shark on Tuesday. There is some debate as to the reason for its behavior. I was fortunate to see the female, five footer this past Saturday. Just my observation, but it seemed like a soupfin shark was often shadowing, and bumping the great white. The article also noted that there have been no other attacks on any of the other fish in the million gallon tank, including tuna, bonito, and barracuda.

Hey JustAddWater-did the aquarium ever come up with any idea wht the GW is eating :11ztongue the Soupfin Sharks....I follow shark research closely and I've never heard of that behavior in the wild...Peace...Saildiver

 

[storm1fishing]

I nearly had a psychic girlfriend , She left me before we met.

 

[Stirling]

Hey JustAddWater-did the aquarium ever come up with any idea wht the GW is eating :11ztongue the Soupfin Sharks....I follow shark research closely and I've never heard of that behavior in the wild...Peace...Saildiver

As a general proposition (i.e., I don't think this is a shark thing especially), you will see a lot of unnatural behavior from predators in captivity. From a little bit of animal caretaker experience a long time ago, I think wild animals in confined spaces can be much more aggressive toward other animals than they would be in the wild where they have room to spread out or chase others away. They don't like being crowded, and I think you need a lot of room for an active shark not to feel crowded. Many react by becoming depressed (e.g., zoo animals) and even wasting away (great whites in captivity generally); this one apparently kept her spirits up, which was unfortunate for the Sweet William.

 

[drbill]

Here's a link to the newspaper column I wrote about soupfin sharks a few years ago. Includes four images of them.

http://www.starthrower.org/products/DDDB/DDDB_000-049/DDDB_036 soupfin sharks.htm

Dr. Bill

 

[saildiver]

As a general proposition (i.e., I don't think this is a shark thing especially), you will see a lot of unnatural behavior from predators in captivity. From a little bit of animal caretaker experience a long time ago, I think wild animals in confined spaces can be much more aggressive toward other animals than they would be in the wild where they have room to spread out or chase others away. They don't like being crowded, and I think you need a lot of room for an active shark not to feel crowded. Many react by becoming depressed (e.g., zoo animals) and even wasting away (great whites in captivity generally); this one apparently kept her spirits up, which was unfortunate for the Sweet William.

I figured it would be something like that....Peace...Saildiver