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He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
I think we all hope for that outcome. For peace. My point wasn't the professional soldier should become mutinous, it was more how they feel...
I think the youth are picking up on the hypocrisy of this sort of behavior - give it consideration - you instigate conflict with another, and then...
It is indeed a terrible do but alas there's worse to come. For those that know of me of years past, you'll know I'm an Earthwatcher, one that...
Years ago I read Gregg Braden's book, The God Code. I do not remember the whole premise, but he had determined that there was a computer-type code...
looks like a natural kill zone , herd them in keep them there
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Possibly the shark was eaten by Orca, otherwise known as Killer Whales? There is an abstract of a paper about 2 orca killing and feeding on an 8-meter long whale shark (the whale shark is a type of shark) here: _[Link]
"O'SULLIVAN, J. B.
Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row, Mtry. CA. Monterey Bay Aquarium 886 Cannery Row.
A fatal attack on a whale shark Rhincodon typus, by killer whales Orcinus orca off Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California
In July of 1992 two killer whales Orcinus orca attacked, killed and fed on an 8-meter whale shark Rhincodon typus in the waters off Bahia de los Angeles. Throughout most of the year both of these species are common inhabitants in the Gulf of California, yet until this time there had been no observations on this behavior to date. Besides the activities of man, few predators have been speculated that have the ability to take the young, juveniles or adults of this species."
Alternatively it could have been some kind of dinosaur-like reptile (some scientists think dinosaurs must have been warm-blooded).
Or possibly it was a hungry sperm whale (the largest toothed whale) deviating from its usual diet of squid (including giant and colossal squid) and smaller sized fish?
Very large creatures conserve heat very well. Metabolic activity can
raise a large cold blooded creature in to warm blooded range.
One creature not mentioned in the Giant squid. Could it be intelligent
and resourceful enough to overpower a great white shark?
They are known to come to the surface at night to feed.
There is no reason to believe what the headline claims, i.e., that another creature "ate an entire 9-foot great white shark". IMO, the Smithsonian Channel is guilty of creating a sensationalistic headline and wild speculation merely to gather more viewers - a common practice with all media.
Another large shark could have taken a bite out of the tagged shark and swallowed the tag along with a small chunk of the tagged shark; the "tag" could have just dislodged during contact with a rock, hull of a boat, or interaction with another shark; it could have worked loose and just fallen off; etc., etc. Since it is quite common for animals to ingest various items that are not food, and the tag is roughly the same size as a small fish, it is not inconceivable that it (i.e., the tag by itself) ended up in the digestive system of another shark or other creature, thus providing the data as noted.
Until there's actual evidence that supports the headline as written (note the use of the word "entire"), Occam's Razor requires a less sensational explanation.
They posted a followup saying the shark was eaten by a bigger shark: [Link]
I have no doubt that such a large shark could quite easily take a huge chunk out of a smaller one, but I have a hard time imagining that, just from a volumetric standpoint, the digestive system (i.e., mouth, gullet, stomach) of a 16-foot shark could accommodate an entire 9-foot shark all at one time.