Seals turn tables on sharks - hunters hunted

01 April 2015 - 02:57

By Shaun Smillie

The Cape fur seal has been seen feeding on fish that usually hunt it. Divers off Cape Town have seen the seals feeding on 1m-plus blue sharks, a behaviour never seen before. At just over 2m in length, the seals are attacking prey nearly their size.The behaviour is so unusual that marine biologists have written a scientific paper on it.

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