This creature you see here is called a frilled shark. Sightings of these sharks are rare because they usually live thousands of feet below in the Ocean. This shark was spotted by a fisher in Japan. After being caught, the shark was moved to Japan’s Awashima Marine Park on Sunday, January 21, 2007. Unfortunatly the shark died not shortly after being captured. Some speculate that it came to the surface because it was sick. We may never know.
Photos courtesy of National Geographic.
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February 5, 2007 at 8:22 pm
LindaC
How very fascinating! Do you know if there are more of them? Guess I could head to Google and/or Wikipedia and find out. lol.
February 5, 2007 at 10:39 pm
adorablay
There are more! They all live deep down in the Ocean, which is why we never see them. I guess they are starting to go extinct but they haven’t been placed on the list yet. They are the closest to what a shark looked like in prehistoric times with many of the same qualities. I found them to be incredibly interesting but a bit spooky with those cloudy eyes they have (probably for the deep dark waters they live in). Reminded me of that strange fish in Finding Nemo with the light bulb thingy hanging from it’s head.
February 6, 2007 at 1:26 am
qphayes
I have seen these pictures a couple of times now, and they still fascinate me everytime! Really makes you wonder what other mysteries are below the surface!!
February 6, 2007 at 1:58 am
adorablay
I can’t even imagine. My mind keeps going to scary stuff though. The deep dark waters have that scary feeling for me, so it’s just natural to think that everything that deep would be creepy (at least for me).
February 9, 2007 at 3:49 am
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August 2, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Ruby
wow this animal (or what ever) is so cool! but the thing is I want to know how much it weighs and how long it is! Please get back to me!! I really want to know.