These days, seeing a great white shark in the Western Cape is something of a rarity, and much has been written and said about the disappearance of these creatures from Cape Town, in particular.

Marine tour guide Donavan Smith would have been pretty chuffed when he saw a great white shark while out with clients off the coast of Knysna, but then something that is hardly ever caught on camera occurred.

In the footage, a pair of killer whales, or orcas, can be seen hunting the shark, and Smith can hardly contain his excitement.

He shared part of the chase on his Instagram account:

 

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A post shared by Donavan Smith (@donavansmith) on Jan 26, 2020 at 9:31pm PST

Did he mention it’s a great white?

It’s not known when the footage was taken, but the above post is from January 26.

Donovan then uploaded the full video to YouTube two days later:

Looks like the technique of Port and Starboard might be rubbing off on other killer whales.

[source:newsweek]