At first glance, the viral video looked like something straight out of a wildlife wrestling match – or a deleted scene from Jaws , which was shot in Massachusetts. It shows a man straddling a great white shark on a Nantucket beach. Spectators watching in disbelief. The shark thrashing in the shallows as the angler grabbed hold. To many viewers online, it appeared to be a case of animal cruelty. The reality was much different. The man in the video was veteran shark angler and boat captain Elliot Sudal, who had accidentally hooked a young great white shark while surf fishing on Nantucket's south shore near Nobadeer Beach. According to Sudal, the shark measured between 8.5 and 9 feet long and weighed roughly 300 pounds. It was the first great white he had encountered in more than a decade of fishing the island's waters. "By no means expected this to happen," Sudal told ABC News after the incident.…