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This is the moment a killer whale took down a great white shark in a pitched battle in the sea around South Africa.
The footage, captured by National Geographic as part of the series 'Queens', shows a 60-year-old grandmother killer whale called Sophie pounding into a great white shark off the coast of South Africa.
'Orca are very smart animals, they're very powerful, and in some cases probably even more powerful than a white shark', Chris Lowe, a professor of marine biology, told ABC news.
But killer whales are ordinarily pack animals, preferring to hunt and live in small groups of families known as pods.
'I think what we're seeing is probably an anomaly. We often thing of white sharks as being the top predator in the ocean, when actually orca are', the professor added.
The footage, captured by National Geographic as part of the series 'Queens', shows a 60-year-old grandmother killer whale called Sophie pounding into a great white shark
killer whales are ordinarily pack animals
Despite their tendency to hunt and live in pods, orca behaviours have been noticeably changing in recent years. Many scientists believe that climate change is forcing the marine mammals
