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Do killer whales attack sharks

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It is not so much that sharks are scared of killer whales, more that they are prey of killer whales. The killer whale is the oceans number one predator but this does not mean to say that as its prey the shark is scared of it. There are thousands of types of sharks. So on the whole some sharks are quite likely to be afraid of killer whales where as others probably not.

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Sometimes, yes. They attack from underneath. Sometimes they hold the shark upside down, which puts them in a trance so they fall asleep. Then the orca (an orca is a killer whale) will kill it. From the shark expert girl.

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no it would have to be a very lage great white to do anything to a killer whale

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