Known for eating just about anything, it seems this tiger shark met its match.
In this case, I think the echidna must have just felt a bit funny in its throat.
Lubitz only managed to get one photo, which you might see above.
The tiger shark (left) that spat up an echidna (dark blob, center).Photo: Nic Lubitz
The shark is obviously the grey mass at left.
The echidna is a bit harder to see: Its the darkish blob in the center-bottom of the image.
In short, its not the kind of animal youd like to swallow whole.
An echidna, which is difficult to swallow, much less digest.Photo:Wildlifecartoons
A scallop, sure.
An eggif boiled firstmaybe.
But a spike-covered creature that cangrow to nearly two feet(61 centimeters) long?
Im loath to stoop to a lazy pun, but thats hard to swallow.
The shark the team caught was just about 10 feet (3 meters) long.
If only those other sharks were echidna-shaped…maybe they would have stood a chance.
The echidna regurgitated by the shark was dead.
Another tiger shark tagged by the team spat up half adugong.
Hats off to these sharkstheyre not afraid to try new foods.
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