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C. longimanus feeds mainly on pelagic cephalopods and bony fish.[7] However, its diet can be far more varied and less selective-it is known to eat threadfins, stingrays, sea turtles, birds, gastropods, crustaceans, and mammalian carrion. The bony fish it feeds on include lancetfish, oarfish, barracuda, jacks, dolphinfish, marlin, tuna, and mackerel. Its feeding methods include biting into groups of fish and swimming through schools of tuna with an open mouth. When feeding with other species, it becomes aggressive.[6] Peter Benchley, author of Jaws, observed this shark swimming among pilot whales and eating their feces.[10]

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