MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A wildlife photographer in central Florida captured what he calls a “one-in-a-trillion” photograph: an osprey carrying a shark, which was in turn carrying a fish.
Photographer Doc Jon said he initially thought the raptor had a fish in its talons. But once he took a closer look, he realized it was actually a small shark.
“It was very far away so I couldn’t see it through my viewer but when I got home and zoomed in on the photo I saw the catch was a shark,” Doc Jon told Fox 13.
The shark appeared to be about a foot long, and may have been a blacktip, bonnethead or nurse shark, all of which the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission says are somewhat common in the area.
In the shark’s mouth was a fish, thereby showing the food chain at work.
To see more of Doc Jon’s work, visit his Facebook page.
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