According to ABC News, the photo was taken at Sebastian Inlet State Park by photographer John Bailey. He told an ABC News affiliate in Miami that he saw the bobcat transfixed on the shark, who was eating smaller fish near the shore. The bobcat then quickly leaped into the ocean and dragged the shark out on to the sand.
“Spotted it, pulled it up (and) the shark floundered for a while,” said Bailey.
But the bobcat didn’t actually eat the shark. Bailey said the bobcat dropped it in the sand and ran off in the woods.
While some may be skeptical, the Florida Wildlife Commission says the photo is real and posted it on their Facebook page. Their biologists believe the shark is an adult Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, which is only about 3 feet long. They are an inshore species and usually found in the surf.
