STUNNING video footage shows a bird of prey swoop down into the ocean and fly away over a popular tourist spot with a big fish.
The clip was captured in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and shows a huge bird carrying the large fish while it wiggles away in its talons.
1Onlookers were in awe at the giant bird clutching the big fish
Onlookers were in awe as they tried to make out what exactly was flying above their heads.
The video was captured by a vacationer named Ashley White, according to The Daily Mail, and shared to the Tracking Sharks Twitter, where thousands of users tried to identify both the bird and the fish.
Many users suggested that the bird was an osprey, a type of fish-eating bird that is sometimes referred to as a sea hawk, river hark or fish hawk. Others joked that the massive animal looked more like a pterodactyl.
Just in case you haven’t seen a bird flying around with a shark that it just plucked out of the ocean… pic.twitter.com/ILKqd9wrFG
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 2, 2020
The type of fish presented more of a mystery, with some users suggesting it was a small shark, such as a dogfish, and others suggesting different types of large fish, such as mackerel or lady fish.
The way the animal can be seen wiggling in the bird’s talons in the video footage suggests to some it may be a shark.
However, the Tracking Sharks community seems to have come to the conclusion, thanks to wildlife columnist Ed Killer, that the animal in question was indeed a lady fish.
