Tiger Shark Eats Another Shark At Seoul's COEX Aquarium - Tiburon come Tiburon en Acuario Seul Tiburon Tigre 2016
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Tiburón tigre se come otro tiburón ante los ojos de un niño en un Acuario de Seul, Corea del Sur.
Nature is savage. If you're a wild animal, chances are you're going to die as a juvenile, and that's if you even make it past birth. If you're lucky enough to survive to adulthood, the odds of you making it to a ripe, old age are almost zero - you're almost definitely going to die of starvation, disease, or predation. So one of the benefits of living in captivity is these risks are cut right down... but not always, as this footage shot at the COEX aquarium in South Korea last week makes abundantly clear.
The aquarium's eight-year-old female sand tiger shark (2.2 metres long) reportedly chowed down on a smaller five-year old male shark, (1.2 metres long) in what the staff referred to as a "turf war". The attack happened on Thursday night, and after about 10 minutes of struggling, the female was seen cruising around the tank, slowly swallowing the body of her victim.
After 21 hours, the tip of the tail was still hanging out of the female's mouth, and thanks to her uncooperative digestive system, it might still be there now. "The aquarium said the tail is expected to stay in the shark's mouth for about four to five days. Unable to digest the creature, it will then will regurgitate it after about a week".
Nature is savage. If you're a wild animal, chances are you're going to die as a juvenile, and that's if you even make it past birth. If you're lucky enough to survive to adulthood, the odds of you making it to a ripe, old age are almost zero - you're almost definitely going to die of starvation, disease, or predation. So one of the benefits of living in captivity is these risks are cut right down... but not always, as this footage shot at the COEX aquarium in South Korea last week makes abundantly clear.
The aquarium's eight-year-old female sand tiger shark (2.2 metres long) reportedly chowed down on a smaller five-year old male shark, (1.2 metres long) in what the staff referred to as a "turf war". The attack happened on Thursday night, and after about 10 minutes of struggling, the female was seen cruising around the tank, slowly swallowing the body of her victim.
After 21 hours, the tip of the tail was still hanging out of the female's mouth, and thanks to her uncooperative digestive system, it might still be there now. "The aquarium said the tail is expected to stay in the shark's mouth for about four to five days. Unable to digest the creature, it will then will regurgitate it after about a week".