A pair of orcas are hunting great white sharks to eat their livers, causing the species to flee the coast of South Africa

A pair of orcas has been scaring great white sharks off the coast of South Africa.

According to a study published in the African Journal of Marine Science, great white sharks may have been scared away from their habitat by the threatening orcas.

Fourteen sharks were tracked fleeing the area in which the orcas are present over the course of five and a half years.

According to the study, there has been a decrease in the number of visual spotters of the great white sharks.

Researchers found that great white sharks were washing up on the shore.

There were eight great white sharks washed up on the shore. The study said that seven of them had their organs ripped out.

Cari Roets/Marine Dynamics, Dyer Island Conservation Trust:

According to the study, the wounds are unique to the killer whales. More sharks are likely to have been killed by the orcas.

According to the study, the shark's flight instinct has been triggered by the attacks.

"What we seem to be witnessing is a large-scale avoidance strategy, similar to what we see used by wild dogs in the Serengeti in response to increased lion presence."

Cari Roets/Marine Dynamics, Dyer Island Conservation Trust

The research can help us understand the dynamics of coexistence with other predator communities.

The decrease in the number of great white sharks has other effects. Towner said that the emergence of the bronze whaler shark is related to it. The sharks are being targeted by orcas.

The first evidence on the killing of blue whales was reported by Insider.

CETREC WA

Scientists from CetrecWA were able to show how orcas swam inside the mouths of blue whales. Researchers saw large chunks of skin and blubber being cut from the body of a blue whale.