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Bobcat catches shark, That might be your reaction when you see a photo of a bobcat dragging a 4-foot-shark from the water.

YouReporter John Bailey sent the picture to us which he said he took at Sebastian Inlet State Park.


He claims the cat leaped into the water, caught the shark, and dragged it to shore.

The photographer thinks he ended up getting too close and may have caused the cat to drop the shark and run off into the forest.

Wildlife experts say it’s not uncommon for bobcats to be wandering Florida beaches.

They say it’s possible the cat is a female and might have been trying to catch food for its babies.

“My first reaction was amazement that somebody actually took that picture  because bobcats are generally very, very reclusive. You don't really see them out and about too often,” said Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Animal Care Director Amy Kight.

Bobcat catches shark:Bobcat Catches Shark Off Florida Beach?, A photo of a bobcat trotting out of the water with a shark clenched in its teeth is generating a lot of Internet buzz. Experts say it's the real deal, not Photoshop. While bobcats are reclusive, they're opportunists. “Would they go into the surf and pull out a shark? Darn right they would,” says wildlife biologist Robert King. The image was snapped by John Bailey at Sebastian Inlet State Park in Florida on Monday night.

Sharknado" may have met its match.

A photographer in South Florida snapped a shot Monday night of a bobcat walking along the beach at Sebastian Inlet State Park with a shark in its mouth, according to a report by ABC News affiliate WPLG-TV in Miami.

The photographer, John Bailey, told the television station he spotted the bobcat leaping into the Atlantic Ocean and dragging the shark onshore.

“Initially, it was pretty quick," Bailey told WPLG-TV. "Spotted it, pulled it up (and) the shark floundered for a while."

But the bobcat didn’t end up having shark for dinner. Bailey said he saw the bobcat dropping the shark on the sand and running off.

A spokesperson for the Florida Wildlife Commission, Liz Barraco, told WPLG-TV the agency believes the picture is real.

The agency posted on its Facebook page that biologists think the shark may be an adult Atlantic Sharpnose Shark, which can grow to a little under 3 feet in length.

The FWC also joked in the Facebook post, “There are no shark fishing regulations for bobcats. Just people.”