Orca vs Great white shark

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I think I'm on ignore. I covered this. SONAR, SOund NAvigation and Ranging, makes whales pretty damned difficult to sneak up on.

You are not on ignore...just didn't see it, wish I had then I would've seen you make an excellent point and could've saved myself the embarrassment. oh well...
 

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You are not on ignore...just didn't see it, wish I had then I would've seen you make an excellent point and could've saved myself the embarrassment. oh well...

I'm ribbing you, hun.

I make posting mistakes, too. Ask DC_Deep, I make them more often around his posts than anyone else.
 

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The scenario is unrealistic because Orca are bigger than Great Whites. Assuming they were the same size though, I'd probably still go with Orca.

even though Jaws was a much better movie than Orca. and if it was the Jaws from the original novel, then it would be a Megalodon, not a Great White. I give Megalodons the edge over Orca.

The scenario isnt that unrealistic because some great white sharks grow to the same size of average adult orcas.
The average length of adults great white sharks is between 14-16 feet long with the average weight between 2000-3000 pounds the max size of the great white is between 19-21 feet long and the max weight between 5000-7000 pounds.
In another the hand the average length of female Orcas is 20 feet long and with the average weight of 7000-8000 pounds . The average length of males is about 22-23 feet long and about 10000 pounds. The max size of killer whales is about 31 feet and 10 tons .

Yes killer whales are usually bigger and heavier than white sharks but an encounter between a average sized Orca and max sized white shark could happen.
 

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That video is pretty awesome.

I recall a video I saw of a Great White that had been attacked by an Orca. It was a nearly intact corpse of a Great White with a gigantic, half-circle bite in the side of it. They theorized that it was a mother protecting her calf.

Pretty amazing animals. Orcas are definitely one of the most impressive predators around.
 

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That video is pretty awesome.

I recall a video I saw of a Great White that had been attacked by an Orca. It was a nearly intact corpse of a Great White with a gigantic, half-circle bite in the side of it. They theorized that it was a mother protecting her calf.

Pretty amazing animals. Orcas are definitely one of the most impressive predators around.
A 10 foot shark vs an 20 foot orca . There is not contest there.