Seal versus Octopus battle on the high sea!

 Battle between a hungry seal and frantic octopus!

As reported by NZ Herald:

"A Kaikoura kayaking guide has captured a life-and-death battle between a hungry fur seal and an octopus.

Kaikoura Kayaks guide Conner Stapley was out with three tourists in South Bay yesterday, when he came across the epic battle.

He noticed thrashing on the surface of the water, and soon realised it was from a big male seal attacking the octopus.

The kayakers were soon spectators in a grisly battle as the octopus tried, and failed, to avoid becoming lunch."

Sometimes Octopus do win the good fight - here's one that managed to nab a seagull.

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Petrel eats the eye out of a dead seal and then puts his whole head in the socket...

Petrel eats the eye out of a dead seal and then puts his whole head in the socket...

Who knew that the Southern Giant Petrel was so into offal?

This picture of such a bird putting his whole head into the eye of a dead seal caused quite the stir on reddit:



This picture was taken by one Natlie Tapson, she's put a few more of this odd feeding time here. Well we say it's odd but that's only because we haven't seen this combination before.

It's actually a perfectly natural thing to occur - nature is always cleaning up after itself.

It does look like something out of a horror movie though, that second bird is just bathed in seal blood and he looks pretty evil...

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Orca captures a seal from an iceberg

Help me if you can!

I think this picture of an orca taking a seal and dragging it into the water to drown it and eat came from a tv show fronted by Richard Attenborough. It's not very often (if ever!) that Animals Eating Animals has brought readers (hi Mom!) such a cute picture of an animal about to be eaten in a watery grave!

This photo was apparently the result of   three hour team hunt in which the entire pod or Orca co-operated in order to make giant waves that washed the seal from its ice floe, and then did side swipes with their tail, blew bubbles, rolled the ice floe and then eventually dragged the seal to its death.

These methods were apparently employed as a training exercise for the younger members of the Orca pod but is also to ensure that the seal too exhausted too turn round and attack his attackers back. Cos seals can be big mean bastards too!

The famous Captain Robin Falcon Scott witnessed these hunts over 100 years ago and scientists today think that they may be the most complex team hunts in the natural world. Except for a pack of cougars out on the tiles at your local bar.

Orca don't always win - here's a picture of a baby seal getting away from an Orca attack!

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Sharks: Fearless man eaters or misunderstood monsters?

Is there something stuck in my tooth?

Sharks! You love, I love em and surfers and seals hate them. Tiger sharks, hammer heads and great whites - all known as kings of the ocean. Fearless man eaters or misunderstood monsters? Here's a few pictures of sharks eating and munching their way few the ocean's bounty - as to their true nature, I'll let you decide.....

Here's a Great White Shark greedily trying to shove ALL the fish down his gullet. Do fish have gullets? I have no idea. Perhaps you could ask this crocodile if he noticed while he was munching on a shark..

The above shark was the man eater that was filmed in the extremely popular documentary Jaws which was directed by the well known animal rights activist, Steven Speilberg. Jaws famously ate Spielberg's boat, which cause his camera operator to quip the now legendary line, "we're gonna need a bigger boat!"

Sadly, a shark attack victim - surfers are often mistaken for seals and attacked.

Here's some sharks doing what they do best: eating baby seals. And who would blame them? Baby seals are delicious!! I eat one everyday!

And if you ever go to a beach wearing a bikini and have pretty damn fine rack you better watch out for the Tiger Shark. These sharks are true predators, taking any chance they can get to feed on their prey....

If you think this tiger shark is interesting, check out the massive jaws of the tiger fish!

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Look at these Great White Sharks teasing and tormenting baby sharks before they eat them!

Pictures of Great White sharks tormenting and eating baby seals

Remember the killer whales attacking baby orca? Those guys are pussies compared to how Great White Sharks do it!

Photographer Alfred Weissenegger took the pictures immediately above and below this paragraph pictures from a boat in False Bay which is off Cape Town, South Africa.

The Bay is said to be the best place in the world to witness breaching great white sharks.

This is mainly due to the presence of around 64,000 cape fur seals that call the island home from April to September.

The average great white in the waters around the area measures between 12-16ft, with the biggest being a near 20-feet long giant spotted in 1997.

Weeeeee!

 Animals eating Animals now knows it as the place to go watch Great Whites pwn noob seals!

What's that Jimmy Jangles? Those pictures where shit? OK, we're turning it up to eleven! Here's the real deal - check out these pictures from the same Bay in 2007.

The photographer who took all the other pictures, Chris Fellows said:

"When children see a shark eat a seal they feel sorry for the seal, but it's like a lion catching a zebra - it's a natural phenomenon." I also think it's awesome when the crocodiles get them too...

Pictures sourced from the Daily Telegraph Newspaper. I wonder if the sharks ever think, hey I need an excellent ph tester to check the ph of the ocean?

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Killer Whale not eating a baby seal

A lucky escape from this mean old Killer Whale!

Clearly the Orca fucked up its run and the seal pup got a away. We are reliably informed the seal grew to a ripe old age of 17 years old*.

* This statement is potentially inaccurate.

Check out this story of how a Killer whale caught a psuedo orca!

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