Experts respond to photo of washed up dolphin remains

A picture of the remains of a dolphin that washed up along the Jersey Shore last weekend has drawn a lot of attention on social media.

Experts now agree it was eaten by a shark.

However, experts do not believe that the shark bite was the final blow.

They say the newborn bottlenose dolphin was likely already dead before being bitten by a sand tiger shark.

It washed up on North Wildwood beach on Saturday.

Officials at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine describe the sand tiger shark as a harmless species with no confirmed human fatalities.

They add that it's not uncommon for dead animals to have shark bites.

The live ones, they say, stay well away from sharks.