footage of extremely rare shark taken off the coast of Japan

[Oshea]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2007/01/p...ric-shark.html


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.

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already looks dead to me.

[KevC]

holy **** that thing looks insane..

[YeaILift]

Creepy looking.

[JayKid]

Reps, that was really frikin' cool!

[joelz54_99]

hahahahahahaha this was like 2 days ago.

[superduck]

Originally Posted by joelz54_99

hahahahahahaha this was like 2 days ago.

hahahahahahaahaha, obviously not everyone saw it so STFU


edit: haha, i just got negged by the guy: footage of extremely... 01-26-2007 05:28 PM joelz54_99 I can snap you in half.

well, aren't you the big man.

[YeaILift]

Originally Posted by superduck

hahahahahahaahaha, obviously not everyone saw it so STFU

strong use of stfu.

[d_k]

I believe it, in fact I think its real interesting as to what kind of things are living deep down in the ocean that we can't reach

[DonMegaR]

im so sick of reposts

use the search button for gods sake before posting ****


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[imoffg]

muy interestante

[YeaILift]

Originally Posted by DonMegaR

im so sick of reposts

use the search button for gods sake before posting ****


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With all the stuff on here its kinda hard not to repost stuff.

[misterwaterfall]

We need Steve Zissou on this one pronto. He can make A Life Aquatic II

[KennyK]

Originally Posted by Oshea

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2007/01/p...ric-shark.html


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.

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already looks dead to me.

i thought you were black.

[Thordic]

photoshop;witchcraft

[Ace_2004]

Think it got confused at birth on deciding whether to be an eel or a shark.

[BigDreams21]

That was sweet, who cares if it was a repost? I saw a post about it yesterday but it contained no footage, only pictures. Nice post.

[IntensityX]

I would probably **** my wetsuit if I saw that thing coming towards me with it's jaws open

[AHS-Wrestler]

something was already wrong with it most likely for it to be in shallow waters. i heard an uproar about saying how the people who captured it killed it and **** but if I had to guess it was dying already or something since they never go in such shallow water. kind of like how most animals go somewhere alone or do odd stuff before they die

[Thy_Kingdom]

Lets kill it...

[KennyK]

I'd hit it.

[cupcakekid]

nice post reps.

Have they dont enough research to tell how dangerous they are. Now obviousley I realize that they left the cameramen alone, but any other info is appreciated.

[Blake Austin]

Can't view that either.

Anyone have any pics?

[10TonBrick]

thats freakin crazy...i didnt know stuff like that was even alive today...makes one wonder what other weird stuff is out there.


ps- how come we can go the moon, but not 1000m underwater on our own planet?

[Believ3r]

id wrestle with that thing and be victorious

[riddlingminion]

Originally Posted by RoidRage300

thats freakin crazy...i didnt know stuff like that was even alive today...makes one wonder what other weird stuff is out there.


ps- how come we can go the moon, but not 1000m underwater on our own planet?

Well every 10m under water, the pressure on the human body is equivalent to that from the whole atmosphere above ground. This means that 1000m underwater is 100 times the pressure, that's a lotta pressure man.

Piitb

[IntensityX]

Originally Posted by riddlingminion

Well every 10m under water, the pressure on the human body is equivalent to that from the whole atmosphere above ground. This means that 1000m underwater is 100 times the pressure, that's a lotta pressure man.

Wow strong pressure!!!!!

[EKrim]

thanks for that, cool stuff