January 25, 2007

Frilled Shark!

The most prehistoric creature I have seen in my life that is still living. This is a Frilled Shark and is rarely ever seen because it usually stays more than 600 meters below the sea. This photo was captured at the Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo. Staff were alerted by a fishermen nearby and they were able to get some video and picture footage of the shark.

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Damn I am glad I did not live during the prehistoric era.


Posted by Eric Von Zipper at January 25, 2007 12:57 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Only that shark was probably ill, otherwise it wouldn’t rise so high. And it
died after several hours in that Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka.

Posted by: Nik at January 30, 2007 09:19 PM

Makes sense to me.

Posted by: sompopo at January 30, 2007 09:58 PM