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A whale-watching tourist was left gobsmacked after witnessing a sea lion rip out a blue shark's throat.
Lori Hespe was on a tour in Monterey Bay, California, USA, when she spotted a Steller sea lion hunting. The incredible footage, viewed over 5 million times, shows the sea creature bursting through the water with a blue shark gripped in its jaws.
The sea lion used its immense strength to thrash the shark above the ocean, ripping out its throat almost instantly. Lori expressed her shock: "I have never seen anything like this before in my life. I was absolutely shocked and astounded."
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She added that the attack lasted for about three minutes before it ended brutally. Sea lions are known to be opportunistic feeders, going for easy meals including squid, herring, and even small sharks.
A Steller sea lion bull can grow up to 11 feet long and weigh as much as 2500lbs, giving it a significant strength advantage over most adult blue sharks, which typically measure up to seven feet and weigh nearly 454lbs.
The news comes after astonishing footage has captured the moment fur seals fought back against a great white shark who was about to make them it's lunch. The prey turned the tables on the predator, which can grow up to around 20-feet long, as Sir David Attenborough presented BBC One's Planet Earth III.
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In the episode that aired on Sunday, October 22, the beast was filmed swimming through the water towards a herd of tiny fur seals. The seals risk their lives every time they go to eat in the ocean but in recent years, they've developed a behaviour to protect themselves from one of the great white shark.
But while it seemed like the group of adorable seals had no chance of defending themselves against the ultimate ocean predator — they banded together to banish the beast from shallow waters.
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