Photographer catches bobcat vs. shark

[RyGuy45]

Wow.

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VERO BEACH, Fla. -- A Florida photographer captured a picture of the food chain in action.

Photographer John Bailey was walking on the beach Monday when he spotted a bobcat, staring into the Atlantic Ocean. It was apparently watching a shark in the shallows feeding on smaller fish, according to a Facebook post on the Florida Wildlife Commission page.

Bailey snapped a picture as the bobcat hauled its prey by the tail into the sand.

The agency believes the photo is real, Liz Barraco, a spokesperson for the Florida Wildlife Commission, told WPLG-TV in Miami.

Bobcats are typically most active at sunrise and sunset, but the large cats usually don't want anything to do with people, according to Terry O'Toole, a park services specialist at the Sebastian Inlet State Park.

"Bobcats are in this area and are seen regularly occasionally," O'Toole said.

Commission biologists believe the shark may be a three-foot adult Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, according to the Facebook post.

Contribuiting: JD Gallop, FLORIDA TODAY

 

[mr marcus]

Wish there was video...still tho

 

[SC kid]

And yall wanna go swimmin

 

[nazdrowie]

I'm more surprised there are bobcats in Florida...thought they were in the mountains and stuff

 

[jewseejay]

Sand cat > street cats

This is the hardest thing ive ever heard of in the animal kingdom... son watched him fatten up on bait fish then ate him. Thus letting the shark do all the hunting work.

Drug his *** out by the tail lulz.

My ninja

 

[youngwolf]

Shark should've have just snapped that bobcat's neck.

 

[sfc415]

I remember NTers talking about they could kill a bobcat (or a similar animal) in an enclosed room Saying they'd kick it in the throat and gouge it eyes out

 

[nazdrowie]

i always thought a bobcat was another term for cougar/mountain lion, but they are in fact, different cats...

 

[big1236]

Damn Nature, you scary....

 

[andretti]

Bobcats are that big?!

Damb son

 

[rfx45]