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There’s a shark-eating dolphin out there and we’re never getting in the water again

Published 08:46 13 May 2016 BST

Updated 08:46 13 May 2016 BST

Laura Holland
There’s a shark-eating dolphin out there and we’re never getting in the water again

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It's safe to say you'll never get in the water again after watching this.

There is a breed of dolphin out there that eats sharks. Yes, that's right a shark-eating dolphin. They're called false killer whales because they look and act like killer whales, but are actually dolphins. According to Whale Facts they can grow up to 20ft and swim in tropical waters. WTF? Recently a drone caught rare footage of a few false killer whales hunting and devouring a shark. It's not very often you feel sorry for sharks but this video shows four false killer whales chasing him before killing him.

https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/729958495202611200 Like orcas, false killer whales are one of the only marine mammals to actively hunt and kill other marine mammals. Interestingly there have been occasions when false killer whales have matted with bottlenosed dolphins creating a hybrid - a wolphin. Sounds sweet, right? Not so sweet if it takes after the false killer whale and wants to eat all around itself.

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There's a shark-eating dolphin out there and we're never getting in the water again