Great White Shark Filmed Breaching at Night

Although seals are a common meal for great white sharks, under the cover of darkness, one might expect the marine mammals to catch a break. Dramatic new footage, however, proves great whites sometimes fancy a midnight snack.

The video shows a 13-foot (4-meter) shark launching itself from the water to snare a seal at the surface—the first time such "breach feeding" has been documented at night.

The footage appears in Sharkville, which will air July 25 at 10 p.m. eastern time on the National Geographic Channel. (National Geographic News and the National Geographic Channel are both a part of the National Geographic Society)...