Do sharks eat dolphins?

The consumption of sharks is not a common trait among most dolphin species. In fact most species of dolphin stick to a diet that contains a variety of fish and other small aquatic life forms such as squid, octopus and various crustaceans. read more

While white sharks often hunt marine mammals, and some sharks consume seabirds, most sharks eat a lot of fish and shellfish. Kathleen Dudzinski, Director of the Dolphin Communication Project, believes that photographing and examining scars on dolphin bodies that seem to be from sharks could offer clues as to how dolphins and sharks interact. read more