This unlucky smooth dogfish couldn’t resist the menhaden used as bait and unfortunately fell victim to one of the top predators in the bay. The dogfish was about 3 feet long and completely swallowed by the sand tiger shark,’ scientists from the University of Delaware wrote about this photo. It’s the “Inception” of sharks. A research team trying to lure in a tagged sand tiger shark got more than they bargained for when a dogfish snapped up the baitfish attached to the scientists’ fishing line.
Scientists from the University of Delaware Ocean Exploration and Remote Sensing Biogeography Lab were stunned to see this “Sharkception,” a fish within a fish within a fish.
They posted the mind-blowing image to their Facebook page, writing, “This unlucky smooth dogfish couldn’t resist the menhaden used as bait and unfortunately fell victim to one of the top predators in the bay.” Source…nydailynews.com. Link to larger image