A 4-Foot Shark Was Filmed In A Flooded Backyead After Hurricane Ian

A viral video showed shark stranded in a flooded Florida backyard during Hurricane Ian.

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Due to previous hurricane Shark hoaxes, people often edit sharks onto flooded subway stations or highways.

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After 13.5 million views, Associated Press confirmed that the video wasn’t doctored.

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The person who made the video didn’t know whether it was shark or a big fish.

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Cameratta estimated that the marine animal is about four feet in length.

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The pond was overflowing from floodwaters by hurricane, by the time he shot the video.

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Experts are still not sure to call the animal in the video a shark.

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However, George Burgess, the former director of Florida Museum told that it appears to be a juvenile shark.

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