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Wow I had not heard about this thank you!

My 1st thought is a killer whale, but according to the article they don't dive deep enough so my next guess would be a sperm whale, which are actually the biggest "predators" in the sea. Whales are warm blooded with a general body temperature of 96 degrees (the same as us) which would explain the rise in temperature the "tag" recorded.
Although Whales have now got a reputation for being friendly and gentle they are not always, just ask a giant squid or a Krill . Seriously though in my opinion a large Sperm Whale is easily capable of eating a 9 foot shark.

Here are examples of a sperm whales weaponry:

Here is a size comparison to a human, the shark in question was 9ft so about 1.5 x larger than a man.
In my estimation the whale could consume the shark in a couple of bites.

<blockquote data-quote="Han" data-source="post: 195302" data-attributes="member: 2432">Wow I had not heard about this thank you!My 1st thought is a killer whale, but according to the article they don&#039;t dive deep enough so my next guess would be a sperm whale, which are actually the biggest &quot;predators&quot; in the sea. Whales are warm blooded with a general body temperature of 96 degrees (the same as us) which would explain the rise in temperature the &quot;tag&quot; recorded. Although Whales have now got a reputation for being friendly and gentle they are not always, just ask a giant squid or a Krill <img src="/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" data-shortname=";)" />.&nbsp; Seriously though in my opinion a large Sperm Whale is easily capable of eating a 9 foot shark. Here are examples of a sperm whales weaponry: <img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVTzg0TJP4qot6J95_sc8AwxzyyZojsMW-RIXPvFmKZxHWEJQL0A" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://theworldaheadandhomebehind.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/sperm-whale-jaws-seriously.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3263/3354644888_4a99e3a7fe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://bsciencecenter.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mac-n-skull.jpg?w=460" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Here is a size comparison to a human, the shark in question was 9ft so about 1.5 x larger than a man.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Sperm_whale_size.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />In my estimation the whale could consume the shark in a couple of bites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Han, post: 195302, member: 2432"] Wow I had not heard about this thank you! My 1st thought is a killer whale, but according to the article they don't dive deep enough so my next guess would be a sperm whale, which are actually the biggest "predators" in the sea. Whales are warm blooded with a general body temperature of 96 degrees (the same as us) which would explain the rise in temperature the "tag" recorded. Although Whales have now got a reputation for being friendly and gentle they are not always, just ask a giant squid or a Krill ;). Seriously though in my opinion a large Sperm Whale is easily capable of eating a 9 foot shark. Here are examples of a sperm whales weaponry: [IMG]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVTzg0TJP4qot6J95_sc8AwxzyyZojsMW-RIXPvFmKZxHWEJQL0A[/IMG] [IMG]http://theworldaheadandhomebehind.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/sperm-whale-jaws-seriously.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3263/3354644888_4a99e3a7fe.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://bsciencecenter.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mac-n-skull.jpg?w=460[/IMG] Here is a size comparison to a human, the shark in question was 9ft so about 1.5 x larger than a man. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Sperm_whale_size.png[/IMG] In my estimation the whale could consume the shark in a couple of bites. [/QUOTE]

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