A scene more fitting for a documentary narrated by David Attenborough played out just meters from beachgoers in Australia.
Two women filmed a shark tearing into the lifeless body of a crocodile on the shoreline of Nhulunbuy, a remote town on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory.
The crocodile was seen lying belly-up before the predator wriggled its way out of the water.
Footage showed the power of the shark as it clutched its jaws around the carcass of the sizable reptile.
Within moments, the crocodile’s head is snapped off as the shark enjoyed its meal.
Eventually, both disappear beneath the surface of the water as the waves continued to churn.
Alice Bedwell recorded the wildlife encounter, which has since gone viral on social media.
Reposting the graphic scene on Instagram’s page ‘Amazing Sharks’, a user wrote: ‘Bull shark feed on crocodile carcass in a beach at Nhulunbuy, Australia.’
One person commented: ‘Things like these can happen only in Australia.’
Another suggested that beachgoers should have tried to rescue the reptile, even though it was already dead.
Nhulunbuy, in the the Arnhem Land region, is the fourth-largest town in the Northern Territory with a population of 3,267.
It is not an uncommon sight to see crocodiles and sharks mingling as they share a lot of the same diet.
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