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VIDEO: Tiger Shark Attacks Hammerhead In Fierce Underwater Battle

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OFF VENICE, LA (CBSMiami) – Here's something you don't see every day! A 1,000+ pound tiger shark attacking a large hammerhead shark as it is being reeled in.

This amazing video was captured by Louisiana charter boat captain William Wall of Pelagic Charters off the coast of Venice, Louisiana.

The video shows a 7-to-8-foot hammerhead shark near Wall's boat being attacked by an even larger tiger shark.

On his Instagram page, Wall wrote, "You don't see this everyday for sure. Tiger shark destroying this hammerhead. Tiger is in excess of 1000lbs."

 

The tiger shark appears to take a bite out of the hammerhead, but it was unclear from the video whether it struck a killing blow.

The video was filmed by Ryan Wilsea, who was aboard the boat with a GoPro camera. Wilsea posted a longer version of this head-to-head underwater battle to YouTube.

 

Tiger Shark attacks Hammerhead by Ryan Willsea on YouTube
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