Eel eats shark in video that shows there's always a bigger fish | Daily Star

Massive eel nearly devours shark whole in shocking video

SHARKS are supposed to rule the deep, but this proves that there’s always a bigger fish.

Footage shows a white tip reef shark struggling in the jaws of a giant moray eel on the ocean floor.

It battles to wriggle free, but the eel refuses to release its grip, forcing its prey beneath the coral.

When eventually the predator emerges from the shadows, it has a shark tail hanging from its teeth– having nearly devoured it whole.

Eel eats shark: Moray attacks and nearly eats white tip reef whole YOUTUBE/DIVE IN

DINNER TIME: The moray nearly finishes its prey off whole

“Both species are in trouble”

Julian Dodson

In the end, the eel seems to accept that it cannot physically digest its meal and actually releases the shark.

And so the shark – visibly beaten up – slinks off into the deep, hardly able to swim.

The video was uploaded to YouTube by online scuba diving magazine Dive In and was apparently recorded in 2014.

But the footage has now resurfaced on Reddit, where viewers were left stunned by the strength of the enormous eel.

Eels are typically food for sharks, eating so many that one 2013 study found they were even hampering conservation efforts.

Researcher Julian Dodson, quoted by Live Science, said: "Both species are in trouble, and measures to conserve one may well be at odds with efforts to protect the other.

"What we really need now are studies to quantify just how important eels are in the diets of sharks and just what impact shark predation has on eel abundance."