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Did a great white shark photobomb surfing kids at Manhattan Beach, Calif.?
The woman who snapped the picture of her son and his friend swimming near a shadowy figure that resembles a shark said they did not notice the animal until they were on their way home.
A California mother wants to know whether the ominous figure looming behind her son and his friend in a viral photo was in fact a shark or merely a harmless dolphin.
"It's surprising that no one has been able to tell definitively what it is," she told the Daily News. "It was just an insane photo. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time."
The woman, who asked to not be identified, said no one noticed the animal until they were in the car on their drive back home from the Manhattan Beach visit Friday.
While perusing the photos, they saw what looked like either a shark or dolphin just under a breaking wave near the kids who were holding surfboards.
The picture went viral soon after she posted it to Facebook and Instagram. But she did not expect news outlets to present the photo as if it were definitively a shark — when the jury is still out.
"I'm overwhelmed to be honest," she said. "I just hope it calms down. … This wasn't shared to promote fear — awareness is fine but not fear."
Local station KTLA, who reported on the picture earlier, said that great white shark sightings are not rare near Manhattan Beach.
Late last month, a surfer said he had four different sightings of at least three different sharks off of Manhattan Beach. He recorded the encounter with his GoPro camera.
Marine life officials warn that the sharks will attack humans if they feel threatened. But, as the Florida Museum of Natural History points out, there are times when they will even attack without provocation.
Sometimes, for instance, sharks mistake humans for a seal or another type of its typical prey.
There are about 70-100 reported shark attacks that result in about 5-15 deaths each year, the museum said.
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