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Killer whales may have slaughtered at least four sharks in South Africa over the last couple of months, cutting out their livers as if they had the training of a surgeon. The Great White sharks have washed up after the killer whales feasted on their organs.

According to The Times, a shark was just found dead at Pearly Beach in southwestern South Africa and authorities suspect a killer whale — also known as an orca — was behind it, as it had wounds consistent with such an attack. Three other dead sharks were previously found at another beach about 20 minutes away with such wounds: their enormous and nutritious livers removed with precision.

The latest victim was about 13.5 feet long, local shark cage diving company Marine Dynamics reported in a post on Facebook.

“He was missing his liver, his testes and stomach,” the group said. “The carcass may be a few days old but it seems relatively fresh and bled out massively.”

The World Wildlife Fund lists the great white as a “vulnerable” species because its numbers are decreasing, as people catch it for its fins and teeth or hunt it for sport, and as it gets wrapped up in other fishing nets. The Great White is a somewhat mysterious creature because scientists don’t understand its behavior very well, but it is important to the marine ecosystem because it is at the

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