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This isn't a shark in the picture, though it certainly looks like one! It's a dolphin!

It is not a dolphin look at the sharp point on the dorsal fin! Not to mention the length of the shark! dolphins are about 4-5 feet long this creature is over seven feet long! This is a shark, so now you know person underneath me!

Kudos to the surfer. It's not a dolphin HappyDaze... ._.

stupid ass!

as long as he just stays still.......

I would not like that

omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg

This is not a picture of a shark. It's actually a dolphin.

You can tell its a dolphin because of the tail fin. In this picture, the tail fin is horizontal and short. Sharks always have lateral fins, with the top fin normally being larger. Dolphins however, have a shorter horizontal fin, with equal sized flukes, which you can see in this picture. Also, if this was a shark, you would see a pair of pectoral fins and maybe a second dorsal fin. But if you still dont believe that its a dolphin, then http://www.surfshooter.com/DolphinInfo.html should help

jimmy baker u r a geek!

Oh yeah, and Da Big K or whatever your name is, all sharks dont have pointed dorsal fins. In fact, the most common ones dont. And dolphins are not 4-5 feet. The tucuxi dolphin is the smallest, and is the only one that is 4 feet long. Bottlenose dolphins reach an average lentgh of 10 feet. Killer whales and Pilot whales, which are both considered dolphins, reach 30ft and 20-15ft respectively. Everyone else who posted, besides HappyDaze, and who believed this is a shark is a dumbass.

You've gotta admit this thing does look like a shark. To the untrained eye with this angle it is completely arguable. The weblink with the photo helps a lot. You can see the angle of the tail fin resembles that of a dolphin. Too bad for the shock factor!

holy "somethingonthebottomofmyshoe".

actually, it's really just suggestion. if someone saw the picture without being told it's a shark, or a dolphin, theyd probably come to the conclusion that its a dolphin if they studied it a bit. look at the head. see how it kind of curves down from the top and the nose sort of juts out? if it were a (typical) shark, it would be one continuous curve from the top of the head to the tip of the snout.

It is not a shark. You can see by the pointed nose that it is a porpoise.

Oh my God!!!!

ummm it looks weird

damn thats cool

holy crap!!! is that a shark or a dolphin! dang it looks like a shark to me! if i was that guy i would be praying to god for that thing to swim away!!!

If i was him i whould not just sitting there I whould be 6 miles down the street in just 2 min. Just keep running just keep runing

i would crap my pants

look at it, it is a shark

**** you ****ing ****ers who ****ing think this is a dolphin!!!! look at the tail fin!!! it is going up not sideways!!! so chew that if you ****ing still have ****ing teeth left after eating so ****ing much ****. you ***holes!!! **** you all!! (people who believe that its a dolphin) **** heads, **** sucker. the person who is below me is very right and so am I, *****es!!

Any person who would get that close to a shark that size is CRAZY (unless they didn't know it was there).

don't know what you been smokin but that is a dolphin!

HATE TO RUIN YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT THAT IS A DOLPHIN NOT A SHARK

i guess ill just have to post this again for you guys that still think its a shark: http://www.surfshooter.com/DolphinInfo.html

Now that looks scary, wonder what the surfer did after seing that. Great picture though, saved it to my desktop.

what the heck why is he standing there i'd swim for my life!

Yep, that is a dolphin alright, look at the nose. and the curve of the dorsal fin, and you can just make out the tail, which is horizontal instead of vertical, like a mammals instead of a fish.

This is a shark, look at the pointed nose, the lenghth, the size, this is clearly a shark.

w.e it looks like a shark

but its a dolphin

really thats a dolphin cause it looks like a shark to me...

seriously scary if it was one

wonder if that surfer even saw it

what was the camera dude doing at this time!

dolphins don't come in that size idiots!

Happydaze, Jimmybaker you both are correct. This is a dolphin, look at its head, its tail, its nose for kamis-sake! my mother is a marine biologist and i know for a fact this is a dolphin, i've spent most of my life with sharks, seals, dolphins, whales etc, this is definetly a dolphin but if you think otherwise then i dont care. believe what you wish.

This has actually happened to me once, although i was not as close as he was, the shark was a tiger shark, about the same size, cutting through the wave just the same, about 10 meters away, on the east coast of Australia. VERY SCAREY MOMENT. About 6 surfers jumped on the very same wave, and went straight into shore.

its a dolphin. see the FIN. its horizontal. that means dolphin

What would someone have to do if that was really a shark and they were that close?!! cuz sharks can obv swim faster than humans, MUCH FASTER so u couldn't just swin away and hope for the best cuz if it saw you, you would know you were gonna die so....

i hope im not stuck out at sea with you lot if you cant decide between yourselves whether a shark or dolphin was swimming around us.

it is a dolphin, you can tell by the fin... but nevertheless it's a sweeeeeet picture...