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Man Drags Shark Out Of Water, Snaps Pics With It

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MIAMI(CBSMiami) -- A man pulled a shark out of the water at a Florida beach then started taking pictures with it, video shows.

The video, posted on Facebook, shows the shark near the shore in Palm Beach before an unidentified man grabbed its tail and yanked it to the sand.

The shark continued to struggle while the man held it down for a few photos.

The video lasts one and half minutes. At the end, a different man is seen dragging the shark back to the water.

Ashleigh Walters of WPTV recorded the video and posted it on Saturday. In the description she wrote the shark was later taken into the deeper area where it did not resurface for several minutes.

It is not clear what kind of shark it was or if it survived.

The video comes about a week after tourists in Argentina did something similar but with a rare dolphin. They pulled it from the water and passed it around to take selfies. The dolphin ended up dying.

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