Evidence of predatory attack on a bottle nose dolphin Tursiops truncatus by a great white shark Carcharodon carcharias in the Mediterranean Sea
A live adult bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, bearing two fresh bites of great white shark Carcharodon carcharias on its dorsal region, was encountered on May 5, 2006 near Lampedusa, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. It is estimated that the wounds suffered by this mammal were inflicted by a white sha...
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Published in | Annales. Series historia naturalis Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 159 - 164 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.01.2006
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Summary: | A live adult bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, bearing two fresh bites of great white shark Carcharodon carcharias on its dorsal region, was encountered on May 5, 2006 near Lampedusa, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. It is estimated that the wounds suffered by this mammal were inflicted by a white shark greater than 4 meters in length. This is the first time that a bottlenose dolphin that survived a white shark attack has been reported from the Mediterranean, and is definitive evidence that C. carcharias actually attacks live bottlenose dolphins in these waters.Original Abstract: Un tursiope Tursiops truncatus adulto, recante recenti ferite causate da due morsi di squalo bianco Carcharodon carcharias nella regione dorsale, e stato incontrato il 5 Maggio 2006 al largo di Lampedusa, Italia, Mare Mediterraneo. Si stima che le ferite siano state inferte dal cetaceo da parte di uno squalo bianco di oltre 4 metri di lunghezza. Questa e la prima volta che un tursiope sopravvissuto ad un attacco di squalo bianco viene segnalato nel Mediterraneo, ed e la prova definitiva che C. carcharias attacca effettivamente tursiopi vivi in queste acque. Dne 5. maja 2006 je bila v blizini Lampeduse (Italija, Sredozemsko morje) opazena ziva odrasla velika pliskavka Tursiops truncatus z dvema svezima ugrizoma na hrbtu. Avtorji clanka ocenjujejo, da je rane temu vodnemu sesalcu prizadejal vec kot 4 metre dolg beli morski volk Carcharodon carcharias. To je prvo porocilo iz Sredozemskega morja o veliki pliskavki, ki je prezivela napad belega morskega volka, in nedvomen dokaz, da C. carcharias resnicno napada zive velike pliskavke v teh vodah. |
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ISSN: | 1408-533X |