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A photo of a surfing shark. Wait, what?

Posted by Quintem on November 8, 2007

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Greg emailed in this amazing photo of a shark, which is seemingly surfing... Either that or it's found a very unique way of finding live food!



Does anyone have any footage or other photos of anything similar to this?





eosboy commented on November 8, 2007

That is a dolphin dorsal fin......not a shark. I'd also hazzard a guess that the dolphin in question is a bottlenose. Just a guess on that one though.



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

That guy is probably peeing his pants, and not because he's cold.



Jimmy John commented on November 8, 2007

Thats not a dolphin, its a great white sharke!! they are man eaters, this guy is lucky to be alive right now



joeblow commented on November 8, 2007

Though that is a dolphin as eosboy said, I have seen images of sharks doing the same thing. They tend to do this where there are seals or sea lions present.



BW commented on November 8, 2007

www.snopes.com/photos/animals/surfer.asp................here's the snopes article. Definitely a dolphin.



BW commented on November 8, 2007

today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689083/?GT1=10547



Humberto (illegal) commented on November 8, 2007

AQUI ESTOY!! Me fui a mexico para vistitar a mi familila pero me regrese anoche!! Quien me extrano? Alguien? Bueno, mis piensos de la foto? Me parece que esto es un tiburon...por suerte, no hay los tibutones en el rio grande!! Solamente muchos mexicanos!! VIVA MEXICO!!!



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

Welcome back Humberto, as you can tell, we missed you. Now, learn how to speak some frickin English.



Jimmy John commented on November 8, 2007

bws website links prov that this is a sharke. He attacked the surfer and then dolpins saved him for the sharke. snopes is wrong



jade commented on November 8, 2007

The picture was taken in 2003 by Kurt Jones. @Humberto, Earnie is not speaking for me when he says "we". I enjoy your absence.



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

I'm Bouncin On My Toe, Watch Me Super Soak Dat Hoe



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

WTF is that supposed to mean? If your going to use my name, say something that makes since.



huh commented on November 8, 2007

makes "since?" well said Earnie, I guess.



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

I never claimed to be an English major. ;)



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

Haterz Wanna Be Me, Earnie, I'm The Man, They Be Lookin At My Neck, Sayin Its The Rubberband Man, Man



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

My name is Earnie and I'm here to say, I love little boyz in a major way.



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

You gays are real tough hiding behind your keyboard and mouse. Pathetic.



Jimmy John commented on November 8, 2007

so do we agree that its a sharke? if you think about it its to big to be a dolpin, definetly a sharke.



Cynthia commented on November 8, 2007

Earnie...no need to be so annoying...guess you have nothing better to do but honestly, your comments are completely unnecessary.



Cynthia commented on November 8, 2007

And "since"! Are you serious! I think it's a little hard to be condescending when you obviously are semi illiterate



Mikey commented on November 8, 2007

Bottlenose Dolphins can range from 6 to 13 feet. I'd say this "animal" is between 6 and 13 feet. This isn't a shark buddy. And way to trash this site with your comments under Earnie's name.



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

Cynthia: Someone is posting bogus comments under my alias because they are bored, and stupid. I am sorry people have to be so annoying. Also, please forgive me for using the word since when I meant sense, since I know you have never made a grammatical error in your lifetime. Jimmy John: If it is you using my name, you seriously need to find something better to do. PS...It's not a sharke!!!



Earnie commented on November 8, 2007

im not the one postng on ur name. its probly some idiot with to much time on there hand



Mikey commented on November 8, 2007

I have too much time on my hands. It is me that posted all of those comments using earnie's name.



Mikey commented on November 8, 2007

I don't think so JJ, nice try though. Feel free to post under my name all you want. I'm confident that knowledgeable visitors will be able to tell when your dumbass is trying to f things up.



Vontar commented on November 8, 2007

though i believe that is a dolphin, it would not matter if it was a dolphin or a Shark if I was on that board. I would have had a BROWN OUT.



ND commented on November 8, 2007

For one, the dorsal fin indicates that it is a dolphin ( that curve is not present in sharks).Two the tail fin shows that it's a dolphin for sure, shark tail are vertical, this one is horizontal. And at last, the muzzle is too thin to be of any sharks. Hence this is a Dolphin surfing the wave.



ND commented on November 8, 2007

Check Mate! check that website from the photographer himself, Kurt Jones. www.surfshooter.com/DolphinInfo.html



eosboy commented on November 9, 2007

Well, score one for the eosboy........ALLRIGHT! (giggity)



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

whatever, I know a sharke when i see one. you guys need to take a class on marine bioloagy.



Mikey commented on November 9, 2007

Actually, for once I think JJ might be right, I once read a book about sharks and this does appear to be a shark....NOT!!! Jimmy John is the dumbest SOB I have ever seen.



Mikey commented on November 9, 2007

Is it odd that Jimmy John has conversations with himself? Does anyone want to volunteer to be his friend and chat with him? I'm done posting for the day.



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

MIkey: You should stop making these false accucations about me. i have my own name, i don't need another one, you idiot.



Mikey commented on November 9, 2007

Whatever B*tch. Just stop using my name before you get your @ss kicked. I know how to find people over the internet, and I will come after you. Nobody uses my name and gets away with it. OK, this is absolutely my last post for the day, any others with the name Mikey are not mine, thanks to Jimmy John, the little B*tch!!



Kip commented on November 9, 2007

Jimmy Joe John Jackson: Ah dont know if'n you know this, but its not nice to be a us'n other folk's names on this her internet web site contraption. Yous should be a git'n your own name and a stick'n with it. Maybe you'ns out there in the sticks should just'a be'a stick'n to a work'n on your'ns 4x4 pick-m-up trucks.



funsizemaggie commented on November 9, 2007

Cynthia: No need to be such a b*tch. Why don't you take off your crown and hop off your throne so the rest of us "semi-illiterate" peons can enjoy these forums without your diva attitude. dueces!



A.W. commented on November 9, 2007

"I know how to find people over the internet, and I will come after you. Nobody uses my name and gets away with it." ~~~~~~~~~~~ That's the most classic thing I've read from TNN yet. Three cheers for ignorance!



BW commented on November 9, 2007

Internet fighting is wrong!



Peter North commented on November 9, 2007

funsizemaggie: I'm going to kill you.



Sean Jordan commented on November 9, 2007

Though it is quite clear that the animal in question is a dolphin, I'll throw out another tidbit that of info that can be used to differentiate between larger sharks and dolphins - the animal in question lacks a second dorsal fin (a feature common to most larger species of sharks.)



MrC commented on November 9, 2007

When you geniuses decide to bash each other, can you use proper english and spelling. Insults from idiots are not very insulting. I am no shark or dolphin expert, but wouldn't that be about a 12 ft. dolphin. Do they even get that big?



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

no, dolphins only grow to about 4 feet long. this is mroe evidince that its a sharke. i am an expert on sharkes and dolphins because i watch the discoviry channle all the time with my friends.



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

by the way, mikey you dont scare me. i dont think you could find a haystack ina needl. and if you do, i have something waiting for you when you get here.



Peter North commented on November 9, 2007

Mr.C: A quick wikipedia search will let you know how big dolphins get. Let us know when you find out. And by the way, I was kidding earlier funsize, I hate killing people anyways..



Earnie commented on November 9, 2007

@MrC They grow bigger of course....dimwit!



BW commented on November 9, 2007

Yeah, MrC, you dumb@ss. You and Jimmy John must have both received your 8th grade diplomas from the same one room schoolhouse.



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

I want to make an announcement to everyone: I really, really would like you all to be my friend. If not, I will continue to hijack your names and post retarded comments. The choice is yours.



Mikey commented on November 9, 2007

Ok, maybe I'm not done posting for the day...A.W.: If you're smart you won't start talking Sh*t because I can be very resourceful when I want to be. I think you should think about your future before you decide to "chime in" about anything else I say. Sounds to me like you're the ignorant B*tch.



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

See the comment above from Mikey, it was really me. I will continue this until you all agree to be my friends. It can only get worse.



Earnie commented on November 9, 2007

Q - Have you decided anything about the username / PW rules yet? Jimmy John seems to be ruining the site for everyone. BTW, I did not post this comment: "@MrC They grow bigger of course....dimwit!"



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

ok, i dont know what you guys are talking about its not me making these comments. bw fyi -i have a high school diploma from a school that has more than one room. and earnie someone is using my name too!!



You smell that? commented on November 9, 2007

I think it's...yep, I smell bullsh!t..



jade commented on November 9, 2007

Hey Mr. Q, why didn't I get a star for my prior comment... I feel left out!!



Mikey commented on November 9, 2007

Because it was an insignificant comment.



Jimmy John commented on November 9, 2007

if anything my comment should be stared. i seem too be the only person who knows what a sharke looks like.



Mikey commented on November 9, 2007

JJ: It must suck not having friends. Would someone please help this guy out?



MrC commented on November 9, 2007

I think that I will go away now and leave you little boys to your goal less boring lives of starting fights on the internet. I don't know any of you and still can guarantee that not only is my education way better than any of yours, but that the apartment I own in Manhattan and the life I lead put yours to shame. I am going to go make love to my beautiful Polish girlfriend and then I am going to my weekend house in Ct. Now you guys go back to your trailers and your pathetic wasted lives or your parents houses or wherever losers go. Don't you get bored being idiots to each other. Later.



BW commented on November 9, 2007

haha...bye bye...tell Olga we said hi



Rick commented on November 9, 2007

Your education is "way better"? Dude, you sound like a complete moron. Nobody brags about their "way better" education, the sh!t hole of an apartment they call home, and their dumb f*cking pollock girlfriend via internet message board unless they are an insecure a-hole with none of the above. Do us all a favor and f*ck off you mindless tw@t!



Jeff commented on November 9, 2007

Wow. I used to like this site. It is really too bad that just a few people that like to ruin something good. Hopefully something good will happen to this site soon, because it is on the end of a long downward spiral. Just my thoughts.......



Jimmy John commented on November 12, 2007

i used to like this site too until people who don't know what they are talking try to talk like they do know wha tthey are talking about. the fish in this picture is obvously a sharke, but there are people who are saying its a dolphin just to make me mad dont you have anything better to do than waste your time trying to make me mad? if you dont know what yo uare talking about or are just trying to start ifghts you should not post any coments. i agree with jeff that it on a downwards sprial.



MrC commented on November 12, 2007

@BW - STFU, My polish girlfriend is a trans-sexual.



Earnie commented on November 12, 2007

I think part of the problem may be that the pictures aren't updated daily like they once were. So now, when there is nothing more to say about the picture, some morons resort to bashing each other continuously. Jimmy John, I don't know if your doing it on purpose or not, but you are being a retarded idiot. It has already been proven that this is a DOLPHIN, NOT A SHARK. Try not to be so annoying all the time. Also, get Mozilla Firefox as your internet browser, it has a built in spell check feature, which you are in dire need of.



BW commented on November 12, 2007

Yea Quintem, start updating your site more often. JJ, you have a transexual Polish girlfriend??



Skitzn commented on November 12, 2007

This is the same shark that was in the "Surprise" photo. It's only a matter of time before he shows up at a town near you. DOLPHIN



(the real) MrC commented on November 12, 2007

Blah blah blah. Enjoy your idiot soap box Mr. expert on sharks. We all now know that you are an expert on sharks, now if you could only spell it right. IDIOT! I said in my post I am no expert on sharks (no "e") and posed a question. This would be a discussion. What you do is rant and rave and insult. Close your mouth, you are attracting flies... and scaring the intelligent people of the internet away from an otherwise interesting site. Now this is where you call me a B with a dumb Polish girlfriend while spelling every other word wrong... blah, blah, blah. Moron.



Jimmy John commented on November 12, 2007

@ MrC. It is NOT a dolphin, it is a sharke! If you were as smart as you say you wood now that. go find another sight to brag about yourself in. I am a sharke export. I now a sharke when I see one. Stop ****ing me off for no reeson. Everyone nows that Polish peeple are dum wich makes you dum. Now go away you dum B.



(the real) MrC commented on November 12, 2007

Is Jimmy John kidding about the haystack in a needle, or is he really this dumb? Still spelling shark with an "e" huh? Pathetic. I am beginning to think he is a fake person someone on this site made-up as a joke. Can someone be this stupid? New picture please!!!



(the real) Jimmy John commented on November 12, 2007

why do you think you have to use my name? you dont even really make much since..."you say you wood now that" what does that mean? at lest you know that is a sharke and not a dolpin. and i thin kyou ment expert not export, you morone. and mrc you need to shut up becase you dont know the first thing about sharkes. and the only think good from polish is a sasage.



(the real) MrC commented on November 12, 2007

LOL! Too funny to be the real redneck.



(the real) MrC commented on November 12, 2007

Don't forget vodka and pierogis.



Jimmy John commented on November 12, 2007

hhaaha...i pourd vdoka on ur moms ass cuz she wantded it sooo badd...you got the war u askd for!



(the real) Jimmy John commented on November 12, 2007

Stop pretinding to be me, you loosers, or should i say MIKEY!!



funsizemaggie commented on November 13, 2007

Yay!!! I got my first TNN threat! Thanks for the retraction though Peter North. I didn't want to die this week anyways. Funny site....gotta love it!



funsizemaaggie commented on November 13, 2007

MrC....perogis rock. Please don't go bashing on someone's preference of food now too. Let us all draw the line at owning them with joke on their severe lack of mental capability.



ummm commented on November 13, 2007

Last I heard Shark wasn't spelled with an e in the US. But I could be wrong.....



Peter North commented on November 13, 2007

funsize: first tnn threat? How about your first tnn come on...what are you wearing?



Skitzn commented on November 13, 2007

Hold that thought, you really don't want to know.



Jimmy John commented on November 13, 2007

umm - your meen.



Lyssayn commented on November 14, 2007

Snopes article: www.snopes.com/photos/animals/surfer.asp



Jimmy John loves men commented on November 17, 2007

the name says it all



Jimmy John commented on November 17, 2007

w0w is a qweer.



jessa commented on November 25, 2007

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



C.C. commented on May 13, 2008

If anyone new anythinge about salt wahter fishes I can tell for sure that light bounceing off the sand bottom up through the pieces of salt n the waters makes ti look lik a shark. I'll bet anyone its either a can of starkiss tune or a gold fish.



CC. commented on May 13, 2008

Now Ya'lls hold up. Old jimmy john could be right cause I seen a bunch of goldfish save a can of tunefish. brout it plum to the bank and we had it for dinner. YOu see dolfins and goldfish have a lot in common bout saveing stuff. I seen a goldfish that saved up all most a 100 dollors once. If ya'lls needs to know bout any other worldly things just contacts me -- mesmart(AT)Yahooos.comon






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