When I would be a shark and came across a whale, no matter its size, I would bite off its fins and start eating. Same with a big ray. How do those animals survive so long anyway?
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The same reason a barn cat doesn’t just take a bite out of a cow. The cow may not be in the habit of hunting barn cats, but biting something will cause a pain response.
One hit from your much larger and more powerful prey means you’re injured or dead. Injury is significantly more often a death sentence for wild animals than for us as well.
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