Terrifying footage shows the moment when a pack of killer whales tears a great white shark apart and fills the water with blood.
The great white was mauled by orcas driving the huge sharks out of their natural habitat, scientists said.
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The Shocking Video is Part of Discovery Network’s 34th Annual shark week.
The TV tradition first premiered on July 17, 1988, and has since become the longest-running event for cable television programming in history.
While they were filming for Shark Week in South Africa, a drone camera captured the violent moment when a troop of orcas saw a great white, the Daily Beast reported.
The video shows a giant orca tearing into the shark’s liver and spewing blood into the ocean water, while two other orcas circle menacingly around the scene.
This is the first time something like this will premiere on Discovery, and a shark scientist believes viewers will go wild with the segment.
“I really think that once that footage gets aired, it’s going to go viral,” says South Africa-based scientist Alison Towner.
“It’s probably one of the most beautiful pieces of natural history ever filmed.”
The stunning video is also crucial evidence supporting a scientific theory that explains the migratory habits of great white sharks.
Some scientists believe that the sharks are actually fleeing from groups of orcas that just prey on the beasts.
Towner, who has studied the exercise ecology of great white sharks for 15 years, told the Daily Beast that shark activity has recently declined in South Africa’s Mossel Bay.
The area has historically been a gathering place for great whites, but the famous predators are mysteriously disappearing.
The shark scientist said they’ve gotten some pretty compelling evidence that killer whales prey on great whites, and these new images confirm long-standing suspicions.
“We already have evidence that killer whales are responsible for killing white sharks,” Towner said.
“But this is the world’s first drone recording of orcas dating to a great white shark.
Shark carcasses with missing livers have washed up on shores, proving that other beasts have suffered the same horrific fate as the recorded victim.
“It’s the first time in South Africa that it’s ever been documented as direct evidence,” Towner said.
This wild episode of Shark House premieres Thursday night on the Discovery Channel and Discovery+.