- Amazing drone footage captured multiple sharks feeding on an enormous school of fish
- The large schools of bunker fish have brought whales, sharks and dolphins off the coast of the Hamptons, Long Island
- The footage was captured by Tovi Sonnenberg on August 16
Incredible drone footage shows multiple sharks in a feeding frenzy off the coast of Long Island, New York.
A storm pushed several large school of menhaden, or bunker fish, 500 meters away from the shore of the Hamptons, a popular weekend summer spot for New Yorkers.
The fish have attracted whales, sharks and dolphins to the area. Aerial footage has the best view of the sharks.
Drone footage shows sharks in a feeding frenzy off the coast of the Hamptons, Long Island
Three sharks (pictured) attack a school of mehaden, or bunker fish 500 meters off the shore
The fish try and avoid the large predators hunting them, but it’s a feeding frenzy for the sharks
Tovi Sonnenberg captured the videos with a drone on August 16.
It is unclear what kind of sharks were hunting the school of fish, but mako, thresher, sand tiger, sandbar blue, and dusky sharks all inhabit the area.
The occasional Great White shark wanders by, but none were seen in this video.
Sharks tend to swim north in the summer because the hot water warms the waters off the Eastern Seaboard.
The sharks were spotted off the coast of Long Island. A storm had driven a school of fish 500 meters away from shore