Stunning footage has been captured of prey swooping over a beach with a massive fish in its talons.
The incredible sight was witnessed by onlookers at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and filmed by Tennessee native Ashley White from the 17th floor of her holiday apartment.
In the footage, the fish can be seen still wriggling in the bird's mouth, and when it was posted to the Twitter page Tracking Sharks, it sparked an intense debate about the type of bird and whether or not it had picked a small shark straight out of the sea.
Watch the stunning footage below:
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Many social media users were of the opinion that the bird is an osprey, but some went as far as to joke that it's a pterodactyl.
Some of the other suggestions thrown into the ring included a condor and an eagle.
One social media user said: "Definitely an Osprey - it takes a lot of power to lift up some of the large fish out of the water the way they do - amazing birds."
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But perhaps the greatest debate was about whether or not the bird was carrying a shark.
However, it was also suggested that the bird might be carrying a ladyfish, tuna, or a bluefish.
According to Fox News, eagle-eyed experts determined that the fish was a ladyfish, a species that can grow up to 3 feet long.
The shape of its tail even caused some to argue that it had to be a mackerel instead of a shark.
But perhaps the best suggestion for what the bird and shark are came from the Twitter user who simply wrote: "I like to think that they're a crime fighting duo."
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Per the Daily Mail, the Chief meteorologist with local media outlet WPDE shared the footage to his Facebook page and put forward the argument that it was an osprey that had caught a "large Spanish mackerel".
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said ospreys are known locally as fish hawks or fish eagles.