Mystery: Half-Eaten Shark on Florida Beach Raises Speculation About What Killed It

Sharks are typically thought of as the top predator in the vast wide ocean, but a half-eaten shark that washed up on a Florida shore suggests something larger out there might have something to say about that.

According to WKMG, the shark was either a blacktip or a spinner shark, and Beach Safety spokeswoman Tammy Morris said it was definitely attacked by a bigger fish.

A lifeguard posted this photo of the shark on Instagram:

It’s a shark eat shark kind of work out there #shark #blacktip #sharkmigrationseason #fishing #letsmovethesharkouttaheresothepeoplecanstopwalkonginfrontofourfishingpoles

A post shared by Cthree (@cthree636) on Feb 20, 2017 at 7:32am PST

Could this shark be leftovers from a megalodon feeding frenzy? Or perhaps Katherine, the 14-foot great white had something to do with this. She was spotted off the coast of Florida just last month using Ocearch, a global shark tracker that keeps track of where sharks are and where they’re heading – it’s really cool!

“There’s always a bigger fish.” #blacktip #shark #notcatchandrelease #becauseitsdead #jawsjokehere

A post shared by Nick Ouellette (@actuallyonefishbluefish) on Feb 20, 2017 at 6:26am PST

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