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Shark grinning from fin to fin looks just like Bruce from 'Finding Nemo'

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Shark grinning from fin to fin looks just like Bruce from 'Finding Nemo'
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Humans are friends, not food.

An friendly-faced shark had its picture take while sporting a very familiar grin. The toothy smile could be straight from the affable Australian shark Bruce in 2003's Finding Nemo.

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Disney blog, Oh My Disney, writes that the IRL shark was photographed by Floridian Kenneth McWilliams while he was swimming with his scuba group. McWilliams said the species was a lemon shark.

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No word on whether the shark is smiling out of happiness or just trying to nervously communicate it wanted some aquatic space.

Animated Bruce will return this summer when Finding Dory hits theaters. 

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Diana was a part of the web culture editorial team at Mashable. She is originally from Kent, Ohio, and a native of the AIM chatroom. Her interests include any movie with Jodie Foster and trying to play it cool in front of celebrities (4-legged or otherwise). Get inside her head on Twitter, at @drrtydiana.

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