Guests aboard a Nova Scotia whale-watching tour boat got to see more than they probably anticipated when they witnessed a great white shark eating a floating whale carcass.

The great white was spotted last Tuesday in the Bay of Fundy about two miles offshore from Freeport, N.S.

Amanda Crocker, the first mate on MV Georgie Porgie with Freeport Whale & Seabird Tours, says she had never had an encounter quite like this in her 30 years on the job.

“I was in shock for that half second. I’m thinking, ‘Am I really seeing what I think I’m seeing?'” she recalled.

“I’ve never seen a great white shark before in the wild. I’ve only ever seen pictures and videos and things like that. So it was really exciting to get to see this.”

The tour company had first heard about a whale carcass floating in

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