For this week's Real or Not?, I selected and image that's somewhat different from the others:
Yech...is this shark real or not?
UPDATE: The answer is revealed!
Scary Shark: Real or Not?, Part 16
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. Man, that looks like a baby shark that swallowed an egg half its size!
Posted at 11:04PM on Aug 13th 2006 by Calvin Tang
3. That is a real baby shark. Embryonic sack still there. They look like that before they are born.
Posted at 10:59AM on Aug 14th 2006 by Nikki
5. Embryo shark not yet ready for birth.
Posted at 11:20AM on Aug 14th 2006 by WES
6. Never allow a shark to eat your Mentos and wash it down with Diet Coke!!
Posted at 11:21AM on Aug 14th 2006 by Art
7. definitely not pregnant, probably not obese...it looks like it's got some medical problem. I agree with the Embryonic sack theory!
Posted at 11:34AM on Aug 14th 2006 by amiee
8. man this is real i think this is so cool to show people who really enjoy stuff like this
Posted at 12:03PM on Aug 14th 2006 by jr
9. I think that only an Ichthyologist would know for sure. It looks ugly, whatever it is.
Posted at 12:05PM on Aug 14th 2006 by E J
10. MMM, I bet it is good with butter and lemon sauce
Posted at 12:05PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Mr Breaker
11. looks like a tumor
Posted at 12:12PM on Aug 14th 2006 by larua
12. It's the Oprah shark!
Posted at 12:13PM on Aug 14th 2006 by snyder
13. This is a new species in the evolution of sharks. It is called sharkus beerbellius.
Posted at 12:31PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Rich
14. looks like a tumor
"It's naaawt a tuumor!"
Posted at 12:43PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Fatty
15. It's not a tumor!
Posted at 12:50PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Ahnold
16. This is a real shark. It is young baby, perhaps even a pre birth specimen. The large sac is the embryonic sac, or yolk sac, common in many species of baby sharks.
Posted at 12:55PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Del Banks
17. It is a real shark, a young newborn or possibly preborn with the embryonic sac (or yolk sac) still intact. This is very common among many shark species.
Posted at 12:58PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Del Banks
18. I am an ichthyologist. "Embryonic sacs" are certainly more external- looking like external balloons. This is a more morbid case IMO. Some shark spp are canibalistic in the womb. This one ate its siblings and was born with a full stomach. Sounds crazy, but the most efficient hunter/eater is chosen pre-birth. Awesome creatures!
Posted at 1:01PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Ernie
19. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN UNBORN SHARK
Posted at 1:14PM on Aug 14th 2006 by DEBRA SIREK
20. it looks like it could be a giant tumour
Posted at 1:52PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Kim
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1. I suppose it would be better not only percents, but number of the voices too
Posted at 7:07PM on Aug 13th 2006 by Oxid