Jack the flipper

Dolphin dubbed 'Anakin' after a killing spree has added a shark to list of victims

- BY KEITH FALKINER

A DOLPHIN likened to Star Wars character Darth Vader killed a shark, and experts don't know why.

The bottlenose is known as 'Anakin' after Anakin Skywalker, the young Jedi knight in the franchise who went on to become Vader in the sci-fi epics.

He got the name after a killing spree, and Anakin has now added a young common dolphin and a shark to the list.

He was first seen attacking the juvenile dolphin three months ago when he repeatedly tossed it out of the water until it died. He used the same method to target the shark.