PHILIPPINES: MEGAMOUTH SHARK, WORCESTER BUTTONQUAIL, ETC.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/07/megamouth-shark-caught-an_n_184402.html
Masbate, Philippines — Fishermen in the Philippines accidentally caught and later ate a megamouth shark, one of the rarest fishes in the world with only 40 others recorded to have been encountered, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday. The 1,100-pound, 13-foot megamouth died while struggling in the fishermen's net on March 30 off Burias island in the central Philippines. It was taken to nearby Donsol in Sorsogon province, where it was butchered and eaten, said Gregg Yan, spokesman for WWF-Philippines.

Yan said a WWF Donsol Project Manager Elson Aca took pictures of the megamouth and tried to dissuade the fishermen from eating it. Shark meat is the main ingredient in a local delicacy.

The first megamouth was discovered in Hawaii in 1976, prompting scientists to create an entirely new family and genus of sharks. The megamouths are docile filter-feeders with wide, blubbery mouths. Yan said the Burias megamouth's stomach revealed it was feeding on shrimp larvae.

Yan said the fish was tagged "Megamouth 41" _ the 41st megamouth recorded in the world _ by the Florida Museum of Natural History. It was the eighth reported encountered in Philippine seas.

He said the megamouth was caught in 660-foot deep waters, which are also frequented by the endangered whale shark, the world's largest fish and also a filter-feeder in the Donsol area, about 185 miles southeast of Manila.

Aca said the presence of two of the world's three filter-feeding sharks along with manta rays and dolphins indicates that the region's marine ecosystem was still relatively healthy and should continue to be protected.

Yan urged fishermen who encounter the rare shark to immediately report to authorities or the WWF.

Others megamouths have been encountered in California, Japan, Taiwan


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[Hunterofthedammed]

Ok, to all YOU FUCKING Assholes being racial bastards and not being able to understand your own stupidity, GO FUCK YOURSELFS. Never in all my life have I see such retarded morons make fun of another race. You only do this shit because you fear what you would never understand, maybe you should go and try and live in that environment of those you aer making fun of, then you wouldn't be such fucking IDIOTS!!!

[xRoryxCorex]

racists like BONERsaw08 deserves a good beating, it's pretty obvious that this asswipe's got nothing better to do than to sit in front of his computer and bitch out on youtube. He's a bigger savage for being an asshole

[Awesome8479]

they eat it because it was dead

[Awesome8479]

they will replace megaupload with megamouth

[Hunterofthedammed]

@123456789hench how am I the idiot? I'm defending them numbnutz! Learn to read my comments rather then skimming them.

[Hunterofthedammed]

@TheCamsolo79 LMAO to true.

[noprofitmaximierung]

gfhgf

[arceusomega1]

Proud to be pinoy.....LOL

[rhinolimits21]

leave it to ignorance the rarest shark in the world extinct from ignorence wouldn't be the first time people should not each or catch these animals they should get a photo and hurry and release the animal back to the eco system be one in wholeness and love with mother earth and support life not kill it we are all part of a bigger picture

[watchmegoboom23]

they should preserve it rather than stew it

[beastlyisland]

im proud to be pinoy

[RyneRynie]

Hahaha I love the reporter. What if all the news were like that?.......? Nah i got nothing.