Prehistoric shark captured on film-2007


-#95 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Pets&Animals - GlobalInfo-A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is about 2,000 feet 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 5 foot (1.6 meter) 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 movingpictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 1,968 and 3,280 feet (600 and 1,000 meters) 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 itwas in shallow waters," the official said.
Copyright 2007 Reuters.
Video- ITV News Wednesday January 24-2007

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AssRapistOfMen (December 5, 2008 at 7:19 am)
The Japs will probably make some high-dollar sushi out of it.
MyMainCrap (December 5, 2008 at 6:49 am)
idiot a croc is more than 200milion years old its not a mutation. so whit do u thing this one is???
Brannigan420 (December 5, 2008 at 6:40 am)
Ummm...crocodiles have been around for about 120 million years.
Brannigan420 (December 5, 2008 at 6:39 am)
No evolutionary pressure to change. Evolution isn't arbitrary. It doesn't just happen for the hell of it. If the combination of genes in a particular organism works, why would it evolve? A lot of animals haven't changed in millions of years. Crocodiles, for example. If you listen to the audio with the video, its called a frill shark, so its clearly not the last of its kind, and clearly not unknown to science, and probably not endangered. Its just not often humans get to see one.

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