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Video- ITV News Wednesday January 24-2007 A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is...
57th - Most Discussed (All Time) - Pets & Animals - Global 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
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@jeremy001112 well, it died because it needed a more pressurized environment, it was already dying when it was at such a high altitude and they were trying to get it to a pressurized tank, but didn't get it fast enough.
@ KarasuKaguyu Yes but why take the chance? the animal will inevitably die anyway and by taking it out of its natural habitat they killed it. They didnt have a partner for it, so they have no chance of keeping the species alive. its just like the last tasmanian tiger. they captured it and kept it in captivity untill it died. why would they do that? it would have been happy in its natural environment and there was no good reason for it having to die in a cage. its retarded.
honestly they did not really try to keep it alive. they were so exited they found it and they wanted to claim it, they knew it was going to die. They were smart enough to know that taking it out of its environment and then putting it in innadequate water would kill it. They just didnt care.
Evolution never says creatures HAVE to change. If an organism's environment doesn't change, the organism will likely stay the same, and may give rise to daughter species. This was predicted by Evolution and only reinforces the theory, and does not falsify it. Furthermore, you can believe in Evolution and still be a theist.
@sparken ya but think about it. so many animals are going extinct and they're trying to keep this species alive still. if they let it go, who knows what will happen to it? most likely they will let it go for research tho
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Yes but why take the chance? the animal will inevitably die anyway and by taking it out of its natural habitat they killed it. They didnt have a partner for it, so they have no chance of keeping the species alive. its just like the last tasmanian tiger. they captured it and kept it in captivity untill it died. why would they do that? it would have been happy in its natural environment and there was no good reason for it having to die in a cage. its retarded.
ya but think about it. so many animals are going extinct and they're trying to keep this species alive still. if they let it go, who knows what will happen to it? most likely they will let it go for research tho