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>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/shark-attack-slow-motion-phantom-great-white-jumping-video_n_1706673.html
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>>Super slo-mo, using a decoy (fake seal).
>
>makes you wonder why there are human surviviors of GW attacks at all,
>considering the difference in elegance between a seal and a human in water.

That may be exactly the point - sharks aren't real smart, a human probably doesn't trip any built-in behavioural triggers. Fish in general are pretty much all ROM, very little RAM or CPU.

>Saw a couple of weeks ago a documentation on Orcas and their hunting tricks and strategies -
>interesting stuff. One of the sidelines was a real live encounter between Orca and GW filmed by chance.
>GW had no chance in that particular encounter...

You probably saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS6NjdGLVZs - w/melodramatic voiceover :)

Orca vs. GW - Orcas are very smart and hunt in co-ordinated pods. Air breathers can intake O2 far faster than any fish and will win any endurance contest near the surface. A GW's best strategy would be to run, fast and deep :)

More fun stuff about orcas:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002445380_orca19m.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whale#Intelligence
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/22111/new+zealand+orcas+join+surfers+in+search+for+the+perfect+wave/ (used to have a great video but has since been taken down)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfwjVRjeDg8 (orcas surfing, less impressive)

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Regards. Al

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