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Poe, who posted video to Facebook, said the 16-foot great white shark that he found feasting on the carcass appeared to be pregnant. He said she ate so much during her 18-hour binge that she was swimming "like she was intoxicated."
"She looked like she was here to give birth -- she was very large in her girth," Poe told The Orange County Register. "As she was eating the whale, it was ridiculous how big she got. She was swimming upside-down, just swimming around like she was very happy and satisfied."
Poe said he and Ryan Logan tagged the large shark.
Scarlet, a whale that became famous after being entangled in a line for six weeks before breaking free last year, was known to have several health problems before turning up dead Thursday off Newport Beach.