Shark vs. Chopper & Other Natural Rivalries

By now everyone is familiar with the celebrated image of Shark vs. Chopper, featured primarily in photographs, chain e-mails, shirts and other garments.

However, no one has seemed quite certain where the image had come from or why such a spectacle would be occurring. Until now.

After spending years investigating the background of the confrontation, a team of crack researchers and marine biologists have finally determined why the shark and helicopter were at battle. The shark was trying to pull the helicopter underwater to help it fend off gigantic catfish. The helicopter, of course, was reluctant, feeling itself safe within the fishless sky.

Evidence of the battle had never been recovered because the shark had proven successful at bringing the helicopter down to the depths of one of the larger and more unknown nooks of the Ohio River, where sharks have survived unnoticed for millions of years, assumedly to serve as prey for catfish. Neither the shark nor the helicopter have ever been seen or heard from since the encounter. It is presumed that they now reside as neighbors within the belly of the beast.

In celebration of these findings, clothing designers and high-end fashionistas are currently working on a new clothing line, Shark & Helicopter vs. Catfish.