Prehistoric shark captured on film

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Info-Copyright 2007 Reuters.
Video- ITV News Wednesday January 24-2007 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 moving pictures 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 it was in shallow waters," the official said.
Copyright 2007 Reuters.
Video- ITV News Wednesday January 24-2007

More info about this shark at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_shark

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[MrSupahnin10doh]

@HexSabre you clearly dont know what you're talking about.if you were paying any attention to the video you would know that the shark was already out of its natural habitat and was in poor condition when it was found and was moved to a different location in hopes of helping an examining it. not everything humans do is a crime against the earth

[Metallica1071991]

So why the fuck did they take it out of it's natural habitat?!?!??! Oh my god people! Leave shit alone!

[Rainiefandub]

:/ now its dead because of those japeneses

[iAznStylez]

@crmsncynr Andrew Zimmerman would be the one to eat anything. Really? I've seen nearly every race eat disgusting things.

[82Catfish]

@rockstarhinata everybody tease the dumbass

[TheDecretus]

Can none of you fucking listen? It's natural habitat is 600m under the sea. Logically I should ask this next: Do you think a human could dive to fucking 600m? Therefore, we can deduce that it wasn't found in its natural habitat. ISN'T THINKING FUN?

[captainRAEdee]

@Metallica1071991 I agree, 80 million years old, what did you think would happen, 80 million years in your natural habitat, I'd die from shock too. If they were so curious, and had to know how strong of a bite she really had, maybe just maybe our technology is well off to allow us to examine rare species IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT where they can be STUDIED NATURALLY.

[InvestWebbot]

Give to Andrew Zimmen from discovery channel. He will eat anything.

[EanurAinumathar]

Pretty darned shame that they've captured the shark..

[ThatNutGuy]

That is not a shark! It's a mutant.!!!