Shark swallows shark in Seoul aquarium


epa05132677 A handout picture released by the Coex Aquarium on 29 January 2016 shows a Sand tiger shark (L) with a Banded hound shark (R) in its mouth in a tank of the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, 28 January 2016. The banded hound shark was eaten by the twice-the-size sand tiger shark. EPA/COEX AQUARIUM / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

SEOUL: Visitors to a giant aquarium in Seoul on Friday were presented with the gory aftermath of a territorial dispute between two sharks, which left one dead inside the mouth and gullet of the other.

Staff at the COEX aquarium said the fight between a 2.2 meter long sand tiger shark and a banded hound shark half its size broke out on Thursday evening.

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