Rare primitive shark captured on film

[ylexot]

This is pretty cool...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ogy.html?in_article_id=431041&in_page_id=1965

A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is 600 metres (2,000 ft) or more under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week.

The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.

Marine park staff caught the 1.6 metre (5 ft) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

That is one uuuuuuuugly sucker!

 

[Speedy70]

Wow, I think it's amazing. How sad that it died though.

 

[desertrat]

Wow, I think it's amazing. How sad that it died though.

Strange creature alright.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Wow, I think it's amazing. How sad that it died though.

FISH FRY!!!

 

[chernmax]

Had a face only a mother could love...

Cool and Freaky both...

The shark died a few hours after being caught. Frilled sharks, which feed on other sharks and sea creatures, are sometimes caught in the nets of trawlers but are rarely seen alive.

I guess the Japanese took care of that...

 

[RoseRed]

Scary!

 

[pixiegirl]

Thank you for the nightmares!

 

[ylexot]

Thank you for the nightmares!

I'll hold you at night.

 

[jazz lady]

Wow, that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

 

[ylexot]

Wow, that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

I think it looks a little like a Goa'uld from Stargate SG-1.

 

[pixiegirl]

I think it looks a little like a Goa'uld from Stargate SG-1.

I think it looks like pingrr. :shrug:

 

[CMC122]

Scary!

 

[RoseRed]

I think it looks like pingrr. :shrug:

 

[Speedy70]

I think it looks like pingrr. :shrug:

 

[jazz lady]

Video of the shark

Definitely weird looking.

 

[Sharon]

Video of the shark

Definitely weird looking.

Cool shark!

I guess weird is subjective. It doesn't look as shark-like as most sharks, but imagine if we'd never seen a hammerhead.

 

[RoseRed]

Cool shark!

I guess weird is subjective. It doesn't look as shark-like as most sharks, but imagine if we'd never seen a hammerhead.

That thing gives me the heebie jeebies. :shiver:

 

[Sharon]

That thing gives me the heebie jeebies. :shiver:

As long as it isn't swimming a few feet around me, it's cool and I'm ok.

 

[RoseRed]

As long as it isn't swimming a few feet around me, it's cool and I'm ok.

Good point!

Bug is studying whales right now and she was perusing the internet, so I showed it to her. Bug =

I know, a shark is not a whale...