How do big and slow animals survive in open water when it seemed easy for a shark to just take a bite?

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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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Do you think whales are harmless just because they don’t have fangs, horns or claws?

So do you. If a bloodlusted toddler came to you and tried to eat your leg, you could easily smack the shit out of him.

Whales do the same, they have enough strenght to easily move around their several tons bodies, so even a simple smack from them can do serious damage. I mean look at this video of an [orca launching a seal in the air](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7WGIH35JBE) (0:28), i know orcas are hunters, but it’s just to show the raw strenght of an animal that size. Whales are even bigger and stronger.

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