Trippy.... Great White eaten by giant squid?

http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/06/something-in-the-ocean-is-eating-great-white-sharks/

Amazing!  Thanks for the link Alex.

Creepy. Most likely it was Godzilla not a squid. Squids are cold blooded. Temp spike to 78 degrees? Godzilla.

I agree MR MATT. it was something warm blooded. A pod of killer Whales maybe?

I blame BigJim

Some should give that squid a prize!

Oprah

Creepy. Most likely it was Godzilla not a squid. Squids are cold blooded. Temp spike to 78 degrees? Godzilla.

+ 1

Giant Squid are cold-blooded (though they technically don't have blood at all) so their body temp is the same as that of the ocean water surrounding them. This makes for a cool theory and story but the culprit wasn't a squid given the story's parameters.

Sperm whale, perhaps ? The high body temp and the ability to dive to those depths would certainly account for the readings from the sensor.

Creepy. Most likely it was Godzilla not a squid. Squids are cold blooded. Temp spike to 78 degrees? Godzilla.

Someone needs to change their avatar to Godzilla.

Creepy. Most likely it was Godzilla not a squid. Squids are cold blooded. Temp spike to 78 degrees? Godzilla.

Someone needs to change their avatar to Godzilla.

He's out there. 
It's not just a myth. FUKishima created him. Now he is eating great whites?
Wait till he gets bigger and goes after whales.

Another good one!

My first thought was that the shark simply died and sank, but the rise in temperature debunks that. If they know the body temps of various whale species (killer whales and sperm whales specifically), it might be easy to pinpoint the culprit.

I think it's more plausible that the tag fall off and something ate it, no different than a fish does with a jig, then 8 days later shit it out.

I think it's more plausible that the tag fall off and something ate it, no different than a fish does with a jig, then 8 days later shit it out.

Knowing where this took place would help narrow down our hunches for sure. There are very few warm-blooded fish species, but of the possible culprits that'd mistake a sensor for a baitfish, you could definitely imagine a tuna, swordfish, or marlin doing so. Otherwise, it'd have to be a mammal causing the temp to spike like that.

Megalodon?
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/videos/megalodon-monster-shark.htm