Hammerhead shark snatches tarpon from angler off Anna Maria Island

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Hammerhead shark snatches tarpon from angler off Anna Maria Island

May 18, 2016

A hammerhead shark surprised a group of anglers off Anna Maria Island on Monday morning. William Osborne was fishing off Bean Point when the hammerhead surfaced near his boat.

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