Great white shark eats petrel seabird off Neptune Islands

YouTube user mvanh80 recently added the video above, which features a predation event of great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on a petrel (a seabird). The video, according to its description on YouTube, was shot on July 9th, at South Australia’s Neptune Islands, which is a popular great white shark diving hotspot.

While I’ve seen plenty of footage of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) preying on seabirds, I think this is the first bit of footage that I’ve encountered which features a white shark feeding on a bird.

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About George Probst

George T Probst is an award-winning American photographer best known for his underwater great white shark photography. In addition to his work underwater, Probst travels to schools, businesses, and communities for public speaking events to discuss the importance of sharks and ocean conservation.

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