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 2)23. I think this is a new-born shark.
Posted at 2:15PM on Aug 14th 2006 by bwatty
24. This is an ovoviviparous embryonic shark. It will utilize the yolk prior to live birth.
Posted at 2:59PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Dave
25. I think you are all overanalyzing this photograph. You simply need to consider your own past experiences. I think it is obvious that this shark has just finished a meal at a breakfast restaurant. Based upon the coloration and size of the enlarged stomach organ, I suspect the shark has eaten a french toast meal, followed by strawberry-smothered funnel cakes at an IHOP. IHOP, Come hungry. Leave happy.
Posted at 4:32PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Ron Burgandy
26. I am an icthyologist and this shark is certainly real. I suspect it is merely full after eating at a restaurant. Portion sizes are very large in America.
Posted at 4:37PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Ron Burgandy
27. Its a Porbeagle Shark embryo
http://www.marinebiodiversity.ca/shark/english/porbeagle.htm
Posted at 4:44PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Porbeagle
28. somebody's backyard nuclear reactor's
got a leak
Posted at 4:59PM on Aug 14th 2006 by rob ryals
29. I have no clue what the hell this is but it look real out of this world maybe this shark just ate someone off the shores of Flordia check to see if a love one is missing!
Posted at 5:25PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Lauren
30. hmmm, i better stop peeing in the pool.
Posted at 5:50PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Mr Breaker
31. So when will they have liposuction for sharks. The is a definate case that needs it.
Posted at 6:09PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Roberta
32. I think it is an embryo of a shark.
Posted at 6:34PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Stefanie
33. The shark is real. It is a shark embryo with yolk sac attached. The yolk sac will decrease in size over time as the embryonic shark uses it for nourishmnet.
Posted at 7:39PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Carl N. Oerke, Jr.
34. it is a baby shark still with its yolk sac attached. cheers
Posted at 8:14PM on Aug 14th 2006 by eric chong
35. I think IT might be becoz of sea pollution wich resulted in the growth of the baby inside her and got died inside.and Mother fish was unable to throw her baby out.
I have seen many cows in my area with this situation after eating something contaminated with unwanted material like plybags etc.
Posted at 8:53PM on Aug 14th 2006 by FRIJO
36. The shark is real but it does not realy have to be pregnant or obese. It could be that the shark has a tumor
Posted at 9:06PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Antonio E Muniz
37. It is either a porbeagle, a mako or a great white shark embryo
Posted at 9:11PM on Aug 14th 2006 by David Kearnes
38. It's a tumor!
Posted at 9:18PM on Aug 14th 2006 by john
39. Dude!! This is definetely real and I believe that this baby shark ate its siblings and was born like that because well...it was full.
Posted at 9:23PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Katt
40. It's a shark alright, it has eaten alot of garbage thrown out into the sea
Posted at 9:30PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Roehl
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21. Eet's not a toomah!
Posted at 1:55PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Ryan