[nenslo]

The 87th Precinct issue mentioned in the notes above is #1309, not 1409, in case you go looking for it. It is true that there are many extremely odd aspects to this story, not the least of which is the fact that the artist has apparently never acquainted himself with what birds look like. If it had been produced some years later, one might speculate that drugs were involved, especially those wild illustrations of the shark legend.

Link to the book: 1301 - Adventures in Paradise

[Captain Audio]

If you want to pick it apart, a shark doesn't have a skeleton made of bones much less a skull. Aside from the jaws and teeth the internal support is all cartilage.