Sea lion rips apart a SHARK off the coast of California in video

A retired nurse captured the moment when a large bull sea lion rips the throat off a blue shark in California's Monterey Bay.

The short clip shows the California oss Monterey Bay ler shark out of the water and ripping a part of its jaw off before swallowing it.

Blue sharks, sometimes called great blue sharks, are the most heavily fished on the planet, one ording to the nonprofit Shark Trust.

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