{"id":213512,"date":"2025-06-02T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=213512"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:05:45","slug":"he-was-playing-disc-golf-then-a-tiny-hammerhead-shark-fell-from-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/he-was-playing-disc-golf-then-a-tiny-hammerhead-shark-fell-from-the-sky","title":{"rendered":"He Was Playing Disc Golf\u2014Then a Tiny Hammerhead Shark Fell from the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cI was just there to play disc golf,\u201d says Jonathan Marlowe, who last week teed off with friends at the Splinter City Disc Golf Course in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On Hole 11, he looked up and saw an osprey carrying something in its claws\u2014and that\u2019s when things got weird.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled big\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"title\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-newsletter-big.jpg\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"dek\">Coming soon: Distilled, our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"213512\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\" data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\">Sign Up<\/button><script>function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById(\"nlf-1\").submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not uncommon to see an osprey carrying something, but you take note because it\u2019s still really cool to see,\u201d says Marlowe, who lives in the area. As he watched, two crows suddenly showed up and started pursuing the osprey, and within seconds the three birds took their tussle into a nearby tree. \u201cThat\u2019s when the osprey lost his lunch\u201d and something crashed to the ground, Marlowe says. \u201cI thought it would be a random fish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technically he was right: The small, dead hammerhead shark that lay on the ground <em>was<\/em> a fish, and it certainly was random; it\u2019s not common for ospreys to catch sharks. (Although&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/osprey-carries-shark-carrying-fish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this one<\/a>&nbsp;did.) However, the water-loving raptors are expert and opportunistic anglers; they dive from as high as a hundred feet at speeds of up to fifty miles per hour, plunging feet first with their extra-curved talons to grasp and retain whatever slippery prey they\u2019ve spotted from above.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, the osprey didn\u2019t get to eat its prize. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, mobbing behavior from crows isn\u2019t unusual, especially in the springtime, when the smaller birds team up for safety to chase potential predators away from their nesting sites or food sources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also not unusual for disc golfers to encounter wildlife on their courses, which are often located in natural areas, but this sighting was one for the books. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t believe it and kept asking ourselves, <em>Did that really just happen?<\/em>\u201d says Marlowe, who conjectures that the osprey was doing its hunting around the nearby Springmaid Pier.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8382390\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8726945\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-5414807\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-1100x825.jpeg\" alt=\"A small hammerhead on the ground\" class=\"wp-image-213514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-1100x825.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-278x209.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0236-1600x1200.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><figcaption class=\"image-credit\" style=\"text-align:right;\">photo: Courtesy of Jonathan Marlowe <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the encounter, the friends left the fallen hammerhead under the tree in case the osprey came back. Later, when Marlowe posted photos of the incident on Facebook, another disc golfer commented that he had found the shark under the tree. \u201cThey were standing there in shock with no frame of reference for what could have possibly happened,\u201d Marlowe says. \u201cBut then they saw the post and said, \u2018Thank goodness, because how do you explain a random hammerhead in the woods?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"subscription-formc\" class=\"gg-promo topic-subs\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/subscribe-promo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/subs-covers-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Garden &amp; Gun magazine issues\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"subscription-form\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/subscribe-promo\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"subscription-form\"><div class=\"hed\">Subscribe Today!<\/div><div class=\"dek\">Get 75% off the cover price<\/div><div class=\"action\"><div class=\"gform_footer\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"SUBSCRIBE NOW\" class=\"button button-primary\"><\/div><\/div><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Myrtle Beach resident gets his own nature show moment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":213513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-06-02T21:03:19Z","apple_news_api_id":"ec3920f7-7716-48f3-88bb-8fe64a520768","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-06-02T21:03:20Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A7Dkg93cWSPOIu4_mSlIHaA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406,1783],"tags":[93,30280],"authors":[29332],"issue":[],"recipe-type":[],"class_list":["post-213512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-conservation","category-sporting","tag-conservation","tag-whats-new","authors-lindsey-liles"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>He Was Playing Disc Golf\u2014Then a Tiny Hammerhead Shark Fell from the Sky &#8211; 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