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Giant Great White Shark Eaten By Monster Mystery Finally Solved

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Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Great white sharks are feared and revered as the deadliest, most ferocious creatures that lurk in our oceans. But despite being at the top of the aquatic food chain, it turns out even they’ve got something to fear. Back in 2003, Australian scientists studying the infamous toothy terrors attached a tracker to a huge, nine-foot-long great white to see what it got up to. However, just four months later, the tracker washed up on a beach – without the shark! Unbelievably, something had eaten the beast. But what could possibly be so powerful it chowed down on one of the most terrifying creatures in the world and left nothing behind? Well, from a lost megalodon to a giant squid, get ready for a deep dive into this spooky mystery, as we try and find out exactly what ate the giant great white shark!




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0:00.0

Great white sharks are feared and revered as the deadliest, most ferocious creatures that lurk in our oceans.

0:07.1

But despite being at the top of the aquatic food chain, it turns out even they've got something to fear.

0:13.1

Something that's very scary indeed.

0:16.3

You see back in 2003, Australian scientists studying the infamous toothy terrors attached a tracker

0:22.9

to a huge nine-foot-long Great White to see what it got up to. However, just four months

0:29.2

later, the tracker washed up on a beach without the shark. Unbelievably, something had eaten

0:36.3

the beast. But what could possibly be so powerful it chowed down on one of the most terrifying creatures in the world and left nothing behind.

0:45.3

Well, from a lost Magalladon to a giant squid, get ready for a deep dive into this spooky mystery,

0:53.3

as we try and find out exactly what ate the giant Great White Shark.

0:58.0

You're listening. You're listening.

1:02.0

You're listening.

1:03.0

You're listening.

1:04.0

Be amazed.

1:06.0

It all started back in 2003 when filmmakers Dave and Janine Riggs were filming a nature documentary on a beach in Bremer Bay, Australia.

1:19.6

Everything was going as planned until suddenly they came across a highly distressing sight.

1:24.6

Nine huge sperm whales lay beached on the shore, utterly lifeless.

1:30.3

But that wasn't all. When Dave and Janine approached, they realized they weren't the first ones to notice the whales.

1:37.3

Swimming in the shallows much closer to land than normal were a horde of hungry great white sharks.

1:42.3

They must have smelt the whale carcasses and

1:45.0

come over to feed. Whilst I would have gotten the heck out of there, Dave sensed a golden

1:50.0

opportunity. He got on the phone and alerted a team of scientists who quickly arrived at

1:55.0

the scene with geotagging equipment. By tagging the sharks, they'd be able to follow their movements

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