Rare Deep Sea Frilled Shark Dying

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On the afternoon of January 21, a fisherman spotted the large fish in the shallow water near the park. He immediately contacted Awashima Marine Park officials, who caught the shark and transported it to the park's dolphin pen, where they turned it loose. The weak shark was able to survive for several hours — long enough for park officials to videotape it swimming around. Video footage of the frilled shark near the sea surface is very rare, and the park says it will keep the video for research purposes.

The frilled shark is typically found at a depth of around 600 meters (2,000 feet). Its slender body grows to about 160 cm long, and unlike most sharks, which typically have 5 sets of gills, the frilled shark has 6 sets. It is known as a "living fossil" for its resemblance to extinct, Paleozoic sharks.

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Rare Deep Sea Frilled Shark Dying

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  • people like you are ...

    people like you are very stupid. This shark species(Chlamydoselachus anguineus)is a deep water shark. There have been fossil teeth found from this species that are 12-20 million years old. It is a rare treat to see such an amazing shark.

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  • Lol, pretty funny ...

    Lol, pretty funny there. XD

    By KyubiNaruto12 [Affiliate User] 1210897919 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • glad it died, ...

    glad it died, disgusting looking fish, I'll pass out seeing one of those at the beach

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  • did it die?

    did it die?

    By LukowLukow [Affiliate User] 1210873227 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • its hideous and ...

    its hideous and reminds me of dinasoars

    By Astrogirl101 [Affiliate User] 1210829905 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • thats not a coca ...

    thats not a coca cola can

    its a dead bird

    By JoseG101 [Affiliate User] 1210741732 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • thats not a shark ...

    thats not a shark thats a coka cola cann

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  • well, yeah, of ...

    well, yeah, of course its eyes are white... its used to living in the deep sea so it has no use for its vision ssince its so dark down there.

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  • why didnt he ate ...

    why didnt he ate the swimmer

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  • peoople thats real ...

    peoople thats real i seen iit on tv

    By gce360 [Affiliate User] 1210624933 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • It's not fake ...

    It's not fake retard. I've seen one with my own eyes. And there were tons of them flushed up on land during the big tsunami.

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  • yeah! some people ...

    yeah! some people still think the goblin-shark, or what ever its called, is a fake. WHICH IT ISNT!

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  • retard, its not ...

    retard, its not fake, I've seen other footage of other frilled sharks like this one.

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  • Yea it's a really ...

    Yea it's a really rare prehistoric shark that was found and it died when they captured it for studies or something like that.

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  • Its not Fake you ...

    Its not Fake you dumbasses, it was found, the thing is dead, its prehistoric, dipshits always claiming stuff to be fake without actualy learning about it, its just a rare shark, idiots

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