The great white shark is one of the most savvy hunters in the ocean and a new set of photos taken off the coast of Africa proves its power and dominance in the food chain.
The dense population of Cape Fur Seals July 28, 2012 at Seal Island, False bay, South Africa attracts the seal’s main predator, the Great White Shark. The island is well known for the spectacular way the sharks grab their prey: They come up from underneath and literally launch themselves out of the water with the seal in their mouth. It has been shown that if the seals enter the ‘Ring of Death’ (where the sharks circle the island) on the surface instead of at the murky bottom, they will be picked off by the faster and more aggressive Great White.
