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Shark Eats Shark, Tasselled Wobbegong Swallows Brown-Banded Bamboo Cousin (PICTURE)

Shark Eats Shark

Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 14/02/2012 10:35 Updated: 14/02/2012 10:45

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A shark has been caught on camera chowing down on another one.

The astonishing image shows a tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) halfway through swallowing a brown-banded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum), National Geographic revealed.

According to New Scientist, the wobbegong relies on camouflaging as a feeding tactic and is able to dislocate its jaw to swallow large prey.

The picture was taken during a fish census on the reef off Great Keppel Island, conducted by the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.

“During the 30-min observation period,” the researchers said, “neither shark moved … we assume that it would have taken at least several more hours for the wobbegong to completely consume the bamboo shark.”

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A shark has been caught on camera chowing down on another one. The astonishing image shows a tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) halfway through swallowing a brown-banded bamboo shark ...
A shark has been caught on camera chowing down on another one. The astonishing image shows a tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) halfway through swallowing a brown-banded bamboo shark ...
 
 
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dsrtrewt
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07:32 AM on 02/17/2012
http://115.co/96
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Fozwords
Abandon hope when you post on here
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06:45 PM on 02/15/2012
Maybe this is the answer to illegal imigrants:
eat an illegal every day, then the problem will go away
Hang on;
Eat an MP every day then the problem will go away,
No Id rather eat an illegal, MP's would give me bellyache.
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tickeli
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01:26 PM on 02/15/2012
Michael O'Leary ate Murdoch?
We can but hope.
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bulldog77
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08:13 AM on 02/15/2012
Apparently eating your cousin is not that uncommon but for "several hours" that's a bit excessive surely?
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earlsspg
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01:41 AM on 02/15/2012
As a New Scientist reader I appreciate the story being to the rag I read.
More should read, there might be more comments made on a credited basis?
Facts are so much nicer than 'opinions'.
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Electrastar
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11:18 PM on 02/14/2012
Wobbegong, what a great name, must remember that one next time I visit the Fish & Chip shop, lol. Large wobbergone and chips please.
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earlsspg
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01:43 AM on 02/15/2012
Try the Hunting of the Snark for nice names.
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SBinF
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09:51 PM on 02/14/2012
This picture is a metaphor for the 2012 Republican presidential nominating contest.
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User4567
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08:26 PM on 02/14/2012
Once again HUFFY gets it wrong. The Link says shark eats shark in an aquarium. It was not - it was in an open part of the Ocean. Come on HUFFY, if you must report stories get your facts right first.
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henrydogsnores2
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09:59 AM on 02/15/2012
It sounds more dramatic if you are led to believe it was in an aquarium and as I am sure you have seen, HP are never too hot on letting the truth get in the way of a good story.

I suspect that the writers depend on getting as many 'hits' as they can for their articles and this is why so many headlines bear little resemblanbce to the actual truth.
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weskirk1
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08:15 PM on 02/14/2012
Cut backs again, blame polititions.
wes
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vividrick
I came, I saw...I had a cup of tea!
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07:09 PM on 02/14/2012
Amazing picture, but sharks eating other sharks is very common...here's a famous picture of a White Shark swallowing a Dusky Shark: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=white+shark+swallows+lemon+shark&um=1&hl=en&biw=1092&bih=480&tbm=isch&tbnid=FrAnTqZ2tEkiwM:&imgrefurl=http://www.sharkattacks.com/rightframe.htm&docid=WrVmE_W7Ko_ikM&imgurl=http://www.sharkattacks.com/images/amos/rightf1.jpg&w=507&h=377&ei=erA6T5zSNOPL0QGm7cjYCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=671&vpy=159&dur=2080&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=161&ty=90&sig=104043192928260507139&page=2&tbnh=143&tbnw=191&start=12&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:12
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bulldog77
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08:17 AM on 02/15/2012
The trouble is sharks don't know they're sharks, they don't even realise they're fish......
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06:28 PM on 02/14/2012
Made a nice change from sardine in tomato sauce.......
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earlsspg
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01:51 AM on 02/15/2012
Do not knock the humble sardine in a tin with tomatoe sauce, introduced to some toast with butter and cider vinegar ...mm
Brekkie!!!
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sand171
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06:06 PM on 02/14/2012
Puts you in mind of the jowly Hanoverian and his sick party bankers!
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alanjk
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04:18 PM on 02/14/2012
Sure it's not Cameron and Milliband? Cameron not looking too good these days.
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Fletching
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03:14 PM on 02/14/2012
Of course it would.
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Mstrtin Greenwood
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02:53 PM on 02/14/2012
It's a bit sad for the shark that was eaten by its fellow shark fish, but then some fish get eaten by other fish every day of the week and someone seems to bother at all. Lots of sad fish eating fish incidents happen but noone seems to bother to take pictures of them, that's a bit strange and why make a special incident out of a shark instead of say a cod fish eating a haddock ?
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weskirk1
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08:18 PM on 02/14/2012
It used to be dog eat dog ,
now its fish eat fish.
wes
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earlsspg
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01:53 AM on 02/15/2012
fa ll for the fish to eat any more
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earlsspg
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02:04 AM on 02/15/2012
dog shark eat dog shark?
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