Channel: oceanexplorergov

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: sharknoaaswordfishwreckfishfeeding frenzyokeanos explorer

Description: Towards the end of the Dive 07, after searching for a potential shipwreck target approximately 80 miles off the coast of South Carolina and instead finding a series of rocky outcrops, the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition team had a rare encounter – a group of sharks in what looked to be a feeding frenzy appeared in the dim reaches of remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer's lights. Upon closer approach, the lights revealed a dead swordfish, approximately 2.5 meters (8 feet) in length, lying on the seafloor with at least 11 sharks circling and feeding “vigorously” on the swordfish's skin and muscle tissue. And then...well, you have to make it to the end of the video for the surprise ending (hint: the big fish is a wreckfish -- and it was evidently pretty hungry). For more information, visit: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1903/dailyupdates/june28/media/sharks-log.html Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019.