Extraordinary pictures of great whites stripping a whale carcass shows they're actually quite picky eaters

I remember this issue came up on a beach near Sydney Australia. They tried to drag the shark out to sea but it had already decomposed to the extent that they couldn't really get a good grip on it and it broke up in the surf as they tried to drag it out. This caused an even bigger, smellier mess.

@sharky, " Why don't we tow our whale out"? The short answer is, as always, money. The long answer...it's easier to bury, and not so easy to tow an already beached and badly decomposed behemoth off the land and out to sea where there is always the possibility the carcass may again drift back to another shore. Thanks for this educational post, sharkster....more compelling evidence of the "taste test" theory. Although that's little consolation to us "taste and compare' morsels sitting in the lineup.

"'It provides evidence that when they bite into a surfboard, or kayak or person wearing a wetsuit they can immediately determine it's not something they want to eat." Too bad that tiny nibble is from a 5000lb landlord.

Whew, for a second I thought this rant was going to be the video of the sharks eating the whale...you know, that one a while back with the shark boners. Hooray for science.

I, for one, @sharky am not a tow-in fan. If that whale can't paddle into hades, or whale heaven, then it shouldn't be out there.

Anyone know where these photos were taken?

@joneser the link says off Cape Town SA. With the dead whale at OB I was wondering why the sharks in the area had not eaten more of it. Especially since we've been hearing about increased numbers of GWS around lately. In contrast I've heard that Orcas prefer to eat the tongue of whales they kill first, this seems to say the sharks prefer the fat.