This is the unsettling moment of a bloodbath that unfolded a few meters from the bathers of Jesey Shore, as sharks brutally attacked a wounded dolphin on the popular Brant Beach on Long Beach Island.
The massacre was recorded Thursday at 7 am by Sean Donohue on the beach at 106th Street and posted on YouTube the same day.
In the early morning, bathers evacuated the shallow waves, according to the Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch.
They could be seen staring in horror as the multiple dorsal fins swirled and sliced through the turbulent crimson waters just a shell shot from the sand.
Unconfirmed reports said the dolphin was originally injured by a boat propeller, and the bloody wound drew maneaters.
Dolphins are generally capable of defending themselves by using their long, hard snouts to ram the soft bellies of menacing sharks, and they generally travel in herds that help them unite against predators. But this dolphin did not have a swimming partner, and seemed to be engaged.
Certain types of sharks occasionally prey on dolphins (large white, bull, and tiger sharks), but it is unusual for such an encounter to occur so close to shore.
The researchers were unable to find the dolphin remains afterward, so bite marks could not be used to determine what type of sharks were involved.
The Post reported last week that up to five great white sharks were tracked by satellite in the ocean off Long Island and New Jersey. But scientists said this is normal and that apex predators pose far less danger to humans than the trip to the beach.
The 106th Street beach has been reopened, and there have been no signs of sharks near the shoreline.
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