Mystery Monster Swallows 10-Foot Great White Shark

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Mystery Monster Swallows 10-Foot Great White Shark Jun 15, 2014 23:15:32 GMT -5

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Mystery monster swallows 10-foot great white shark

Scientists suspect that a 10-foot great white shark was eaten whole by a mystery monster.

The shark had been tagged with a heat and GPS recording device that told scientists of the female shark’s steep ocean descent and of the sudden dramatic rise in temperature of the sea dweller. The sharked reacted well to the tagging and was observed to be very healthy without any scars or marks on her.

Shark Alpha, as the beast was named, almost reached 2000 feet before her body temperature zoomed from just over 40 degrees to 78 degrees. Marine biologists have said that such a temperature rise can only be due to the huge predator being eaten by a larger beast.

While killer whales have been known to attack and kill great white sharks, what sort of sea creature could ingest a whole shark?

Source: Metro News, June 9, 2014.

aprillynn93 Moderator Posts: 8,419	Mystery Monster Swallows 10-Foot Great White Shark Jun 16, 2014 12:07:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aprillynn93 on Jun 16, 2014 12:07:28 GMT -5 That's seems to me to be a huge jump to a conclusion.

Sam Moderator Posts: 1,110	Mystery Monster Swallows 10-Foot Great White Shark Jun 20, 2014 23:03:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sam on Jun 20, 2014 23:03:52 GMT -5 What else besides being swallowed could have caused the temperature to increase that fast?

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Mystery Monster Swallows 10-Foot Great White Shark Jun 21, 2014 13:36:31 GMT -5

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Post by aprillynn93 on Jun 21, 2014 13:36:31 GMT -5

Perhaps a malfunction of the equipment? I don't know how the tag is attached, but maybe it fell off the shark and washed ashore? It even could be that it had a run in with a killer whale or something.

To me, it doesn't seem like there is enough evidence to suggest that it was some huge mystery animal that swallowed it whole. A whale could have taken a bite of it and the tag with it. I saw that happen in a video, a killer whale attacking a great white.

I would expect scientist to have ruled all this out before claiming there is some huge mystery beast out there, and maybe they did, but the article doesn't say that.

Mystery Monster Swallows 10-Foot Great White Shark

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Post by aprillynn93 on Jun 21, 2014 13:36:31 GMT -5