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10/06/2007: "MYTH: WHERE THERE ARE DOLPHIN THERE ARE NO SHARKS"
A deckhand on a prawn trawler off Exmouth Western Australia had the following information, which could apply to anywhere.
We were throwing the by-catch back, (90% of the catch can be rubbish marine life) the rubbish in this case was the usual easy food for several sharks and a couple of dolphin keeping pace with our boat traveling at 8 knots toward port.
I saw a bull shark about 2.5meters long make a sudden strike at the dolphin swimming alongside. The dolphin kept swimming, now with a huge crescent shape chunk of it’s body missing. Eventually it would have bled to death and been eaten.
So, .......do dolphin frighten sharks away?
