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Are great white sharks endanger

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes


yes it is

Although the great white is typically regarded as an apex predator in the wild, it is in rare cases, preyed upon by the larger orca (also known as a killer whale). Interspecific competition between the great white shark and the orca is probable in regions where dietary preferences of both species may overlap.[35] An incident was documented on October 4, 1997 in the Farallon Islands off California-an estimated 4.7-5.3-metre (15-17 ft) female orca immobilized an estimated 3-4-metre (9.8-13 ft) great white shark.[42] The orca held the shark upside down to induce the tonic immobility, and kept the shark still for fifteen minutes, causing it to suffocate and then proceeded to eat the dead shark's liver.[35][42][43] Another similar attack apparently occurred there in 2000, but its outcome is not clear.[44] After both attacks, the local population of about 100 great whites vanished.[43][44] Following the 2000 incident, a great white with a satellite tag was found to have immediately submerged to depth of 500 m and swam to Hawaii.[44]

During prehistoric times, other large toothed whales, such as Squalodon and Dorudon may have also preyed on Great White Sharks.[citation needed] These whales, in turn, were likely preyed on by the much larger lamnid shark C. megalodon. Basilosaurus, one of the largest predatory whales that ever lived, closely matched C. megalodon in size. This extinct whale almost certainly would have, at least occasionally, hunted and eaten great whites.[citation needed] Upon the extinction of these macropredatory whales, the orca is now the great white's only natural predator.

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