Massive 13-Foot Great White Shark Found With Bite Marks From A Larger Predator

A shocking picture has emerged on the internet and it shows a massive shark with injuries that apparently came from a bigger predator.

Vimy, which is the shark in the picture, was caught by OCEARCH, a research organization that collects data from the ocean.

The organization captured Vimy earlier this month off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada.

The shark is 13 feet long and is over 1160 pounds.

OCEARCH found the shark covered in scars, which led the rescuers to believe he was attacked by a larger predator.

White sharks live in a tough world. Need proof? Check out white shark Vimy’s head. He appears to have two big bite marks…

Posted by OCEARCH on Monday, 14 October 2019

The organization believes that Vimy was bitten and attacked by a larger predator.

According to Chris Fischer, the chairman of OCEARCH, Vimy was attacked by his head.

Chris said, “It was clear that something had just grabbed his entire head. There was one healed wound on the lower jaw, perhaps from a previous year’s bite. And another that was over and across the top of his head. It was a very large animal that grabbed it, something significantly bigger than 12 feet. Anything that can grab an animal like that by the head is pretty impressive.”

It is believed that the teeth marks and the jaw size suggest that the predator that attacked Vimy is 2 or more feet longer than him.

It has been suggested that the predator could have been a male or a female that didn’t want to mate with Vimy.

Chris said the bite is going to help them understand where sharks mate in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Chris added, “We found three males in that same spot and the two others had viable sperm samples. Maybe Vimy was just the small guy on the block. We do know that shark mating is very violent. Sharks biting each other in the head is not a new thing. This is an every day part of their life.”

OCEARCH said sharks have the ability to heal themselves very fast and said that Vimy is going to be fine.

 

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