Rare shark captured...

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Rare primitive shark captured on film
Last updated at 14:10pm on 24th January 2007

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.

The shark appeared to be in poor condition when park staff moved it to a seawater pool where they filmed it swimming and opening its jaws.

"We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 600 and 1,000 metres under the water, which is deeper than humans can go."

"We think it may have come close to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," the official said.

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.

Looks like something out of a bad sci-fi movie. Link

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[Lorax]

so... there was a rare shark, they captured it, and now it's dead? too bad.

 

[lobbyone]

Oh snaps, primitive shark! who knows, theres probably more of them in those kind of depths.

 

[shortspanishguy]

cool.

 

[moshquerade]

looks like some kind of gray swimming giant penis

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
looks like some kind of gray swimming giant penis

What kind of guys do you date?













:beer:

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: moshquerade
looks like some kind of gray swimming giant penis

What kind of guys do you date?













:beer:

:laugh:

no comment.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Lorax
so... there was a rare shark, they captured it, and now it's dead? too bad.

way to read the article :thumbsup:

 

[JoeyM]

That looks fake. It probably died 2 seconds after the video ended from the look of it.

 

[SSSnail]

I saw that shark in a video game once.

 

[UncleWai]

that looks like those station skeleton heads in castlevania

 

[EvilYoda]

Wow, that thing's pretty awesome looking...very cool.

 

[Unheard]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: moshquerade
looks like some kind of gray swimming giant penis

What kind of guys do you date?













:beer:

:laugh:

no comment.

So were on for 7 tonight right mosh?

 

[fallenangel99]

Damn, looks like an eel body with shark face. Very neat. I wonder what other kinds of species is down there.

 

[ElFenix]

so, how many species have changed since prehistoric times?

 

[randay]

looks like a friggin newt.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I guess Darwin's theory doesn't apply to this one?

 

[nissan720]

That is a pretty cool looking shark. Althought I don't think I would want to run into one of those while I was swimming.

 

[purbeast0]

there any other vids? I can't get that video to load in IE or Safari or Firefox

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I guess Darwin's theory doesn't apply to this one?

Your point being? Look at cockroaches, alligators, etc... Some species don't have the need to evolve.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
so, how many species have changed since prehistoric times?

probably all of them, how much they changed is the key though.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Wait til the sharks with frickin' laser beams find out!

 

[j00fek]

:Q

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
there any other vids? I can't get that video to load in IE or Safari or Firefox

youre not missing out on much. the fish looks half dead in the video, its mouth doesnt move, its just stuck open, also its gills dont move, only its tail moves a bit as it glides by like a parade float.

 

[monk3y]

That looks awesome. Hopefully there's a lot more down there.