Do you remember those very funny and/or weird pictures caught by the Google Earth Cameras?
The most recent version is YouTube videos of drone footage of "accidental creepy sightings." Not the same as Google Earth pictures - these were likely exaggerations, faked events, and misrepresentations... except the shark pictures and videos. There are quite a few of them and these are compelling. The articles are about how drones are being used in Australia to monitor sharks and provide safety on beaches.
In comparison, here's an article from San Diego that shows juvenile Great White sharks amongst the surf boarders and swimmers and explains that they are not dangerous, despite their large size - between 4.5 and 9 feet long. I've taken a screenshot of one of the pictures from the article. Some of the drone images are from high above and show the shark swimming along the shoreline with the bather farther out and not seeing the shark at all.
I guess the equivalent would be swimming in Lake Ontario and looking down to see a Lake Sturgeon below you - seven feet and more in length and 200 pounds. While they are not aggressive toward humans, their massive size and prehistoric look would be scary. As they are bottom feeders, there's not much likelihood of having an interaction. Here's our hilarious version of sighting Lake Sturgeons. All the articles are about bringing the Lake Sturgeon back from being on the endangered list and releasing hatchlings to Lake Ontario. The picture below that is a 10 foot long Sturgeon being tagged and released. This is in the Fraser River and the articles says it was the biggest ever seen.
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