Nearly 200 million people have watched a viral video showing an insane chase between a hammerhead shark and a stingray in Cape York, a peninsula in north Queensland, Australia. Brody Sutton, an Aussie fly fishing guide, shared the video to Instagram a few days ago. The footage taken from a boat shows a hammerhead shark chasing a stingray at high speed. It’s absolutely incredible to watch each fish’s agility.
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“Just another day in Cape York,” joked Sutton in his post sharing the video. However, his nonchalant caption doesn’t match his energy in the video, which is more like what the rest of us feel when we watch it.
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Hammerheads are a group of sharks that have distinctly shaped heads—flat and wide. Their eyes are on either side of their T-shaped, “hammer”-like heads. Each species differs in its exact diet, but in general, hammerheads eat fishes, including rays and other sharks. These sharks prefer bottom-dwelling ray species, which often bury themselves into the sand, thanks to the position of their mouths.
Watch a hammerhead chase a stingray here (warning: explicit language):
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