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Osprey drops hammerhead shark onto disc golf field
- On May 18, 2025, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, an osprey dropped a baby hammerhead shark onto a disc golf course while being chased by two crows.
- The event happened as the osprey, which uses specialized feet to catch prey, was mobbed by crows above the course's 11th hole to protect their territory during breeding season.
- Jonathan Marlowe and friends witnessed the shark fall during their game at Splinter City Disc Golf Course, measuring about one foot long and likely a species locally recorded such as the bonnethead or scalloped hammerhead.
- Marlowe mentioned that while spotting an osprey with prey isn’t unusual, it still catches your attention because it’s impressive, and explained that they chose not to release the shark back into the water given its low likelihood of surviving the process.
- This rare incident highlights local wildlife interactions and the presence of multiple hammerhead species off South Carolina’s coast, suggesting ecological complexity near Myrtle Beach.
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South Carolina Man's Disc Golf Round Takes Unexpected Turn After Hammerhead Shark Lands In The Middle Of The Course
Bonnethead shark on beach There’s plenty of overlap between golf and disc golf (as the names would suggest), including the fact that there’s a good chance you’ll encounter some wildlife during a round. However, a man who was playing the latter in South Carolina got a pretty unexpected surprise courtesy of a shark that suddenly appeared during the outing. I’ve played around a dozen rounds of golf at a number of different courses in New England so…
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