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by phonypc 2617 days ago
Seems innocuous to me. It doesn't give false impressions in the way so many article titles do these days, just a hook for finding out what the predator is.
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> just a hook for finding out what the predator is

That's the problem - click baiting and hiding information.

Headlines don't need to be this expressive to avoid being clickbait.
It gives the impression that something new has been discovered. So in this case is a clickbait, you have to click and find out something that is known, maybe not well known but I wouldn't say a secret. I personally knew about Orcas attacking sharks.
I think you filled in the blanks with a 'new discovery', when your brain could have simply assumed that the title would be "A discovery of a new animal that scares even the Great White Shark!" if there was a new discovery.

I think it is click-bait in the literal sense, but not in the negative connotation that click-bait is used today.