SHOCKING footage shows the moment a massive 1,300lb hammerhead feasts on a 6-foot shark off the Florida coast.
TikTok user blacktiph shared the horror moment in a video that has over 300,000 likes.
GettyA viral video shows the moment a hammerhead shark inhales another 6ft predator
The 6ft prey looks like a light snack compared to the massive hammerheadTikTok / @blacktiph
Hammerheads are known to eat a variety of species, experts sayTikTok / @blacktiph
“Look at the size of that,” a shocked onlooker said in the video.
The wild footage opens with the massive hammerhead stalking its six foot victim.
The large prey looks like a snack compared to the monster that can grow up to 20 feet long.
A man can be heard laughing in the viral video as the hammerhead engulfs the smaller shark with its giant body.
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“Oh my God, look how big it is!” someone said in the TikTok.
The hammerhead then chowed down on the other beast.
Commenters were amazed by the attack, saying there was “no way” the prey was six feet long.
“That shark knew he was done for, didn’t even bother swimming away,” one person said.
Another user commented: “No way that shark is 6 ft.”
However, it is actually possible the hammerhead made the prey appear smaller due to the species’ massive size.
Newsweek reported that hammerheads, the largest species of shark, live in tropical and temperate waters worldwide.
It is actually quite normal for sharks to prey on other sharks, according to Dr Lauren de Vos with the Save Our Seas Foundation.
“With over 500 different species of sharks in our oceans, there are many species of sharks that prey on other, often smaller, sharks and it is normal behavior for those species,” de Vos told Newsweek.
“Hammerhead sharks, like the one in the video, are a family of predatory sharks that eat fishes, cephalopods (that’s animals like squids and octopuses), and smaller sharks and rays.”
Sadly, despite their magnificent size, the elusive species is considered endangered due to being caught as bycatch by commercial fisheries, Newsweek reported.
“Because there are so many different species of sharks, a wide variety of different foods is on the shark ‘menu’ generally,” de Vos said.
“However, there are certain, generally larger, species that include other sharks in their diet (like the hammerhead sharks, bull sharks, tiger sharks and white sharks), while the majority of other species don’t at all.
“These large, predatory sharks don’t only eat other sharks—they’ll often also hunt fish, marine mammals and other animals.
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“So, rather than it being about how often sharks eat other sharks, it’s more a question of whether a particular species would hunt other sharks if given the opportunity, or not.”
“I’m never going in the ocean again,” a TikTok user commented.
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