In the Gulf of California, a pod of orcas has developed a taste for shark liver. Researchers have now documented multiple attacks on juvenile great white sharks, revealing a hunting method that’s both efficient and a bit unsettling. The whales flip their prey upside down, inducing paralysis before tearing out the organ and sharing it among the group.

The study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, describes three separate attacks carried out by Moctezuma’s pod, an orca group already known for aggressive behavior. In 2020, five females were observed chasing a young white shark until it tired, turning it onto its back, and surfacing moments later with its liver in their mouths. They struck again soon after, gutting a second shark. Two years later, the pod repeated the tactic, leaving b

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