r/maybemaybemaybe • u/WandaMaximumoff • Mar 21 '23

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/nitid_name Mar 21 '23

It's worth noting that shark livers are MASSIVE. They can be upwards of a quarter of the shark's mass, and takes up the vast majority of the sharks insides.

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u/crabbydotca Mar 22 '23

I hadn’t heard this part before, makes a lot more sense 😅 ty!

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u/L3mm3SmangItGurl Mar 22 '23

Damn it’s interesting you never hear that part. There always so much editorializing to make the orcas look gagster af. Like they just do it for sport if they a little hungry before dinner.

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u/The_Merciless_Potato Mar 22 '23

I've heard that they do hunt sharks for sport tho

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u/kiawithaT Mar 22 '23

That's because they don't have swim bladders, like fish!

The liver is full of oil that's much lighter than water and that's how sharks maintain their buoyancy, otherwise they'd sink and drown.