It's confirmed: the orca has targeted Australia's great white sharks. A recent study, published in the scientific journal Ecology and Evolution, revealed this new phenomenon which could seriously impact the balance of the marine ecosystem.

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale fatally assaulted the over-15-foot-long shark, then proceeded to devour its innards. While it most likely zeroed-in on the nutrient-rich liver, multiple scavengers also got in on the meal.

In more than 30 years of monitoring, Canadian wildlife agencies never found a single dead great white shark. Then, in the course of a year, five washed up – and nobody knows why. The Canadian sharks join four previously found dead in US waters – all under similarly perplexing circumstances.