Originally Posted by RossUK
Contrary to what most people think, Whites are not the apex predator in the sea, Orcas are.


So are sperm whales - although orcas have been known to attack them. I've certainly never heard of a fully grown bull sperm whale being killed by an orca...

Lions are apex predators too - yet sometimes a pack of hyenas will take one down. Not immediately and directly in the conflict itself (that I've ever heard of), but bleeding out, infections, etc. Of course that's not predation unless they actually EAT the lion...