Who would win shark or killer whale?

The killer whale is an extremely intelligent animal and the great white shark operates mostly on instinct. So at the end of the book, it is no surprise that the killer whale wins. In nature, this seems to be the case as well. In combat that we know of, the killer whale has always emerged victorious.
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Who wins killer whale or shark?

Whale against Shark Who would win in a fight to the death? Although the great white shark has a fearsome reputation, in a straight fight it is outclassed by the orca. Not only are orcas much bigger, they are also smarter.
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Can Killer whale kills shark?

Once immobilized, the Killer Whales will prey on the shark's liver which can account for a quarter of its body weight. Shark liver offers an extremely dense and nutritious source of calories for Killer Whales. For this reason, Killer Whales will target the liver of various shark species.
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Who can beat a killer whale?

Orcas are apex predators, at the top of the food chain. No animals hunt orcas (except for humans). Killer whales feed on many different types of prey, including fish, seals, sea birds and squid.
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What are killer whales afraid of?

Selbmann says that in the majority of the interactions documented around Iceland, killer whales seem to avoid pilot whales. Occasionally things will get heated and the pilot whales will chase the killer whales at high speeds, with both species porpoising out of the water.
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Are great white sharks afraid of orcas?

Yep. Orcas have toppled the great white shark off their 'apex predator' throne. A team of marine scientists found that great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) will make themselves extremely scarce whenever they detect the presence of orcas (Orcinus orca).
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Are sharks afraid of dolphins?

Sharks do not fear dolphins. Dolphins will hunt in packs to kill larger prey such as seals or tuna fish, while sharks prefer to be solitary hunters who ambush their prey below before eating them alive.
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Who would win a megalodon or a killer whale?

Modern-day killer whales

Given their sophisticated behavior, it is possible that the Megalodon could become prey to the killer whale. However, on a one-on-one encounter, it is likely that the Megalodon would come out as the reigning champion.
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Do orcas eat polar bears?

PREY: The orca is at the top of the marine food web. Their diet items include fish, squid, seals, sea lions, walruses, birds, sea turtles, otters, other whales and dolphins, polar bears and reptiles. They even have been seen killing and eating swimming moose.
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What eats an orca?

Orcas are apex predators, which means they're at the very top of the food chain and they have no predators. Killer whales are some of the largest and most powerful animals in the ocean, and no other predator is able to challenge them.
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Who is the king of the ocean?

Great white sharks, to be exact. But the true ruler of the sea is the killer whale. Killer whales are apex predators, which means they have no natural predators. They hunt in packs, much like wolves, which are also at the top of their food chain.
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Are orcas friendly?

To answer the first question, are killer whales dangerous, they actually aren't! Or at least to humans, usually. Although you should still be cautious, there has only been one instance of a killer whale attacking a person in the wild –with no instances of a wild orca killing a human.
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Who would win a grizzly bear or polar bear?

Put more bluntly, when polar bears and grizzly bears are both competing for food, its the polar bears that are more likely to walk away from conflict and leave the prize for grizzly bears. The bottom line: in a fight between a polar bear and grizzly bear, the grizzly bear reigns supreme.
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Has a shark ever attacked a polar bear?

Scientists researching how far sharks hunt seals in the Arctic were stunned in June to find part of the jaw of a young polar bear in the stomach of a Greenland shark, a species that favors polar waters. “We've never heard of this before.
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What eats a megalodon?

Mature megalodons likely did not have any predators, but newly birthed and juvenile individuals may have been vulnerable to other large predatory sharks, such as great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran), whose ranges and nurseries are thought to have overlapped with those of megalodon from the end of the Miocene and ...
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What animal kills megalodons?

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) may have wiped out the giant megalodon (Otodus megalodon). But scientists may have miscalculated megalodon's time of death by about 1 million years.
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Can blue whale eat megalodon?

Nope. Megalodon ONLY reached 15 meters and weighs 30–50 tons. Blue Whale weighs 4 times as much and had blubber and was smarter.
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What is a sharks worst enemy?

Large sharks sometimes eat smaller sharks, and killer whales also dine on sharks. But the shark's greatest enemy is people. Humans kill sharks for food, use their skins for leather, make medicine from their liver oil, and use shark teeth for jewelry.
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What do sharks hate?

As reported by Discovery Channel, the first significant discovery was that sharks hate the smell of rotting shark carcasses and quickly swim away from the scent.
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What do sharks fear?

Contrary to popular belief, sharks are also quite afraid of humans! Being apex predators, it is natural that sharks will fear or stay away from the unknown, and that includes humans.
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What whales are sharks afraid of?

Great white sharks are often thought of as the most fearsome predators in the ocean. But even these sharks are afraid of something. A new study found that when great whites have encountered killer whales, or orcas, near their hunting grounds, they've fled and stayed away.
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Do dolphins eat sharks?

Do Dolphins Eat Sharks? Most dolphins will not eat sharks. Species like the bottlenose dolphin will eat plankton, krill, octopus, and other small fish. Even though the bottlenose dolphin is the most widely known species, they aren't the only type of dolphin that exists in the ocean.
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What is strongest bear?

Among all bear species, both the grizzly bear and polar bear take the crown as the strongest. Weighing more than around 800 pounds — the maximum recorded size is twice that figure — an individual male grizzly is equivalent to around five humans in strength … and even more when enraged.
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