Shark Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

A great white shark began acting strangely off the Western Australian coast on July 12, repeatedly swimming into shallow water on Coronation Beach. When the shark washed ashore two days later, a large Australian sea lion was found lodged in its throat. Brad Tapper caught the shark’s bizarre behaviour on camera. According to the Western Australian <a class="link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Media-releases/Pages/Investigation-concluded-into-death-of-White-shark.aspx" target="_blank">Department of Fisheries</a>, “it is possible that the shark was trying to dislodge the blockage.” Credit: YouTube/Brad Tapper