This photo of a giant whale shark swimming under a tiny boat is actually an optical illusion -- and people are freaking out

Tom Cannon/SWNS Aviral photo shows a massive whale shark lurking directly under a boat full of people — but that's actually not the case. Like photos of tourists "holding" the Leaning Tower of Pisa, this optical illusion is created by a photography technique called forced perspective. This technique makes objects appearlarger, smaller, farther, or closer than they actually are. The picture was taken by photographer Tom Cannon, the co-founder of an underwater photography company called Ocean Co...