A video of a breaching whale with its mouth vast open whereas gulping down its prey close to a New York seashore was captured by a drone.
A video shared by the Jones Seaside Lifeguard Corps on Wednesday exhibits a college of silvery fish scattering simply earlier than the whale breaks the water’s floor.
“We love our thriving oceans right here at New York State Park’s world-famous Jones Seaside,” the group stated on Twitter.
Jones Seaside State Park is on a barrier island on the south aspect of Lengthy Island.
New York and New Jersey seashores have skilled a string of shark sightings and assaults this summer time due to the fish the whale was making an attempt to eat, placing beachgoers on edge.
For the reason that unofficial begin of summer time throughout Memorial Day weekend, seashore officers have used drones, helicopters and seashore closures to forestall a probably lethal shark encounter after at the very least 5 individuals have suffered shark bites.
On July 1, Nassau County officers reported a potential shark chunk close to Jones Seaside.
Regardless of, the current string of shark-related incidents, the possibilities of being attacked by a shark are nonetheless extraordinarily uncommon, about 1 in 3.7 million.
