Shark sharks eating bamboo sharks

Divers Reef Reef Research Center (Australia) announced 'snatching up' the moment of a shark-eating shark sharks at Great Keppel Reef in the world's largest coral reef The Great Barrier located in this country.

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As described in the British scientific journal New Scientist , the carpet shark (scientific name Eucrossorhinus dasypogon ) often lies waiting in the sea floor to hunt prey swimming through. Common prey of shark carpets is invertebrates and small fish. But observing the reality shows that the outstanding agility of that carpet shark is ambushing and snatching up large prey.

The shark sharks are swallowing bamboo stripes

In this case, a 125cm body-length carpet shark has snatched a bamboo shark ( Chiloscyllium punctatum ) with a length of no less than 100cm, then the predator swallows its prey. into the abdomen.

Scientists say carpet sharks perform such prey behavior because of their wide mouth and strong jaw muscles.

The information on New Scientist shows that 13% of sharks bite people from carpet sharks, but not that they like to attack humans, but because during the dive, we unknowingly step on our flat bodies like plates. their carpet.