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An area around South Africa known to host Great White Sharks was absent of the apex-predators for about seven weeks after a group was viciously attacked by a pod of killer whales – and this behavior suggests sharks posses a flight response.
Only three studies have ever touched on a flight response among sharks, but the new paper released this month suggests the apex-predators did not return to their natural hunting grounds because they were scared off by the gruesome event that had previously occurred.