Visitors to a beach last week would have seen a shark-like fish flying overhead thanks to the actions of a bird.
A video shared online showed a huge predatory bird seen with what appeared to be a shark suspended in its talons above the crowds in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The woman who witnessed the trick, Kelly Burbage, shared the video online on Friday, where she asked wildlife experts to name the fish and bird.
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“Eagle? Condor? He caught a shark in Myrtle Beach!” Burbage wrote on a public Facebook page.
“It looks like an osprey,” wrote one user. “This is crazy!” Wrote another.
Eagle-eye experts soon determined that the so-called shark was a ladybug, a coastal species that can be over three feet long with sharp teeth and a dorsal fin.
That happened when a Twitter account shared the same video online on Tuesday, where more than 16 million people viewed the 25-second clip.
Thousands commented on and shared the Tracking Shark account post, which asked, “Does anyone know what kind of bird this is and is holding a shark?”
Twitter users agreed that the bird was a fish eagle, with a writing: “Definitely a fish eagle.”
Another person wrote “This is a ladybug!”, While others debated whether or not the fish might have been a “little shark”, mackerel, or blue fish.
But one person commented that it was an “Uber Eats” delivery driver.
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