In case you've never seen a bird flying around while clutching a live shark (Twitter)

[fleur-de-lisa]

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[3catwoman3]

1. Well, I never!

Quite the meal coming up.

[Rorey]

2. It's like the bird is showing off

But I'm going to guess that the bird is biding its time until the shark is rendered completely helpless before eating it.

[procon]

3. You know you wanna ask; how big was that damn bird? nt

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Exactly.

[Lochloosa]

7. Osprey if it's easy coast. 5 ft wing span.

Condor if it's west coast. Up to 10 ft wing span.

[localroger]

11. Around 0:03 there are a couple of frames showing the bird's head

It's white, which definitely ID's it as a bald eagle. May be a juvenile, which could explain why it went after such an unlikely meal.

[sl8]

12. Black and white, which would indicate an osprey.

It looks like it's white on the top of the head, with black underneath.

Juvenile (3-5 years? ) bald eagles lack tne white plumage on the head.



Osprey:

[localroger]

16. Agreed, it's indistinct especially if a juvenile

I think if it had the Osprey's white chest we would have seen that but maybe not. I still vote baldie simply because the thing caught a honking shark and is holding on to it. And they are known to fish. But yeah, maybe not for certain after all.

[Leghorn21]

5. WOW!!

Lots of discussion on the thread about if that’s an osprey, bald eagle or condor...me I don’t know, but whoever that is, WOW!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

9. As a former fisherwoman, I was wondering what kind of shark it was. nt

[Leghorn21]

10. Ah, good question, Mother - I used to fish in the Atlantic back in the day (NC SC FL), and to me

this looks like a "regular" shark, ha ha - used to see these guys plenty, but I never paid any attention to what they might be called!!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

15. Yep, definitely a regular shark.I fished yellowtail,rockcod off the Coronado Islands back in the day

[2naSalit]

6. Looks like a condor!

Wrong wings for osprey. And it's a rather small shark, like a sand shark.

[AJT]

8. Impressive. What happens when he lands and tries to eat it....

[skypilot]

13. Well...

...in its final moments that shark got a view of the world that it would never have gotten otherwise.

[gopiscrap]

14. that's incredible

[BluesRunTheGame]

17. It's an osprey.

[Jersey Devil]

18. Osprey with a Spanish Mackerel

nt

[BluesRunTheGame]

19. Article says the fish is a ladyfish.

“Eagle-eyed experts soon determined that the so-called shark was a ladyfish, a coastal species that can measure more than three feet in length with sharp teeth and a dorsal fin.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bird-catch-shark-fish-video-carolina-myrtle-beach-a9599901.html