Female shark devours male at aquarium: video
A shark in a South Korean aquarium appears to have swallowed a rival whole during a territorial dispute.
The fight between a 2.2-metre-long sand tiger shark and a banded hound shark half its size broke out earlier this month at Seoul’s COEX aquarium.
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Size and power won the day, and by the time the aquarium opened the next day, only the tail of the smaller shark was visible — poking from the jaws of its larger female tank mate.
The aquarium’s public relations manager Oh Tae-youp described the incident as a “turf war”.
“The sand tiger shark’s instincts are to attack if its territory is threatened, especially during breeding periods,” he said.
“I think the shark swallowed the whole body, because they usually eat it all when they bite the head part.”
The aquarium said the tail was expected to stay in the shark’s mouth for about four to five days.
Unable to digest the creature, it will then regurgitate it after about a week.
Reuters
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