[point78]

Looks like the length of an orca and great white are exactly the same. I would have thought the orca to be much larger. Couldn't the great white turn the tables here?

[notacoward]

Not really. Orcas are much chunkier than great whites. Even the rare great white that reaches the length of an average orca would be 1/3 the weight. I've seen video of an encounter between individual members of the two species, and it wasn't even a fight. The orca just grabbed the great white and flung it like a chew toy. The you add in the fact that orcas usually (but not always BTW) form and hunt in groups, and it's understandable why a great white would run away.

There's no doubt that a great white is an impressive beast, but there are even more fearsome animals out there. Orcas for one. Sperm whales for another. Something bigger than giant squid that gets into fights with sperm whales and leaves horrific marks on their bodies. To the real heavyweight champions of the sea, a great white would be a snack.

[OldFatCactus]

Are you suggesting the marks on sperm whales are made by an unknown creature? I thought they were understood to be made by Giant Squid

[hprotagonist]

Sharks are solitary; orcas hunt in coordinated packs. 1 on 8 is not a good time no matter how big you are.

[wavefunction]

Pack-hunting tactics. Think about fighting one guy versus fighting even two or three guys of comparable size and capability.

[notacoward]

Comparable height, but each three times the weight. Even more eek.

[huffmsa]

Orca rarely travel or work alone.

They use group tactics.

[daveFNbuck]

Bruce Lee was 5'8" tall, about the same as the average American man. The average American man couldn't turn the tables on Bruce Lee in a fight.