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

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[FunkkyPanda69]

I give this species a week before its extinct, considering Japan has a boner for rare seafood

[SebshakeGamez]

Really? They should of just let it be. Poor thing didn't have to die.

[Dax Heretic]

This is not how evolution works at all, you seem to have the comprehension of evolution of a two year old. Nothing about Evolution is random, The fact that you do not understand this both enrages and frightens me. Please tell me are people like you common?

[Mandy Kluijtmans]

God damnit, let it live you people!

[David Wells]

woooww. being a complete dick for no reason? i see why you think how you do. have a nice life, honestly.

[HearMeLearn]

>November 2013

[sEaNoYeAh]

You really have no understanding of evolution. What you're suggesting amounts to either ignorance, which is acceptable, or reductio ad absurdum.

[Thesingingfish1]

WELL THEY KILLED IT....

[SlendermanFTFB]

Leave it to Japan to go fiddling with prehistoric animals and make sure they die in the process.

[MultiAxel06]

and they will change its name into grilled shark...=)