Hammerhead Shark Spotted Feeding on Stingrays Near Shore on Alabama Beach
A large hammerhead shark was spotted feeding on some stingrays feet away from beachgoers in Orange Beach, Alabama, on August 15, viral video shows.
Footage captured by Texas resident Catarena Peek shows the shark thrashing near the shoreline as it chases stingrays.
Speaking to Storyful, Peek said she spotted about 15 sharks on Monday morning but the hammerhead was the largest she’d seen.
“It is not uncommon to see sharks up close, but the locals said it is very rare to see a shark that size so close to shore,” she said, adding that helicopters circled the area every hour for the next two days to try to spot more. Credit: Catarena Peek via Storyful
Video Transcript
- That guy better get his [MUTED].
- --girl.
- Girl, you better get your [MUTED] off the [INAUDIBLE] [MUTED].
- Down there with the bait.
- Oh, oh, he's chasing! Look how big. Y'all, look how cool that [MUTED].
- Ah, it was so cool!
- Discovery Channel!
- You got [MUTED]. He got it! He got it! Oh!
- [INAUDIBLE]
- Oh, he's going.
- He's going.
- Oh, y'all better get off the shore.
- Oh my God!
- I know.
- Y'all, I have this on video.
- Oh, good. [INAUDIBLE] is getting it on video. Oh my-- look at how big.
- Holy crap!
- That's where we hung out.
- He dropped that stingray It's right in front of him. Oh, he got away.
Stingray's coming to land. Look. Look.
- Yeah, stingray [MUTED] and they're smart.
- Aw, poor little stingray.
- That's what they've been after-- stingrays.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- Oh my God!
- Oh, I'm so glad you got to see it!
- That happened right in front of us earlier.
- Yeah, that happened the same right in front of it. I'm glad it happened with y'all.
- I think he's coming back.
- It was chasing a stingray.
- Yeah, he's coming back.
- Here he comes! Here he comes!
- Hey, is he getting down there with the bait!
- Alec wants to know if John's heading down there with the bait.
- --sharks right there.
