Around the world, members of the public have captured footage of shark-on-shark confrontations. Once thought to be one-off, freak events, scientists now, for the first time ever, have evidence that South Africa’s White Sharks are primarily shark hunters! 

With an array of cutting-edge technology, including onboard infra-red ‘Fincams’, underwater 360° stakeout cams, FBI surveillance blimps, a mobile DNA lab, and a new generation of predator tag (which will signal the team if a shark gets eaten!), the team find out.. do sharks eat other sharks?

Globally, reports of shark-on-shark attacks are on the rise. Now, off South Africa’s dramatic southern coast a new hotspot has emerged – a secret bay where White Sharks are hunting other sharks. In a ground-breaking investigation, a team of experts head into the deep in search of this previously hidden, shark-eat-shark world.

Enrico Gennari and Lacey Williams lead a team of experts into the deep to capture conclusive evidence of SHARKS EATING SHARKS!

The Experts

Enrico Gennari

Enrico is the Director of Research at the Oceans research Institute in Mossel Bay, an Honorary Research Associate of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), a Research Associate at the Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (DIFS) and Adjunct Senior Researcher within the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, at the University of Tasmania.

Enrico fell in love with sharks at the age of six and has dedicated the past 15 years of his life to the research of sharks. He is a passionate educator and researcher who specialises in white shark ecophysiology. His current focus is on the migration of white sharks and how we can use this knowledge to mitigate human-shark conflict. 

Lacey Williams

Lacey Williams is the Head Field Specialist at Oceans Research, South Africa. She recently finished her Master of Science in the Marine Ecosystems and Society Department and the Shark Research and Conservation Program (SRC) at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS).

Lacey’s research focuses on predator-prey ecology, specifically evaluating the natural predatory interactions between great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) and Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) around Robberg peninsula in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa.

Lacey completed her Bachelor’s degree in 2015, double majoring in Biology and French at Colgate University, where she was on the Dean’s List for seven semesters, as well as inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma Academic Honor Society and the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. 

Brian McFarlane

Owner and founder of Great White Shark Tours, Brian McFarlane was a professional diver and skipper and has always made a living from the sea. He started diving for perlemoen (abalone) at a young age, then moved on to become a commercial fisherman for 6 years and spent another 6 yearsdiving in search of wrecks along the southern coast of Africa. This was followed by the diving for diamonds from the seabed for the next 20 years.

Brian has become a local legend with his fascinating tales of the sea and his underwater experiences. During the time when Great White Shark fishing was still allowed, Brian caught Great White Sharks, some weighing more than 1 ton. Today, he dearly regrets this and now spends his time and effort in finding the great beasts to be observed and photographed at close range.

Brian has worked with the Great White Sharks for 23 years and has an uncanny ability to attract sharks.  

Neil Hammerschlag

Dr. Neil Hammerschlag is a marine ecologist and Research Associate Professor at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy. He also serves as Director of the Shark Research & Conservation Program at the University of Miami.

Neil’s research centers on the behavioural ecology of marine top predators under global change. His current research activities focus on determining the biophysical drivers, ecosystem impacts, and conservation implications of large shark movements exposed to urbanization, overfishing and

climate change. He has projects currently underway in Florida, Bahamas, South Africa, and the Galapagos Islands.

Neil received a B.S. in Ecology from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2002, and his M.S. in Marine Biology from Nova Southeastern University in Florida, in 2004. He completed his Ph.D. in Marine Biology & Fisheries from the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami in 2009.

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