In a Southern California aquarium, a young leopard shark rushes headfirst toward a plastic squid toy and then—as if in a game of chicken—makes a last-minute dash to the left, barely clearing the dangling rubber tentacles. Meanwhile, his tankmate, a California skate, grabs an orange ring with her mouth, rolling the textured plastic around with her tongue. And over at the tank’s sandy bottom, a hovering horn shark glides over to a bright yellow hoop and squeezes himself—along with all his jutting

In 2021, as we celebrated 20 years of NOAA Ocean Exploration, in honor of Thanksgiving and all of the EATING we do this time of year, we took a look back at some of our favorite feasting events, including these sharks seen feeding on a recently deceased swordfish off the Atlantic coast. Check out all of the featured feasts: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/20years/feeding.html | NOAA Ocean Exploration