Rare Frilled Shark Filmed

[SteveGrenard]

(Shizouka, Japan) - The staff of a Japanese aquarium was able to take rare pictures of a frilled shark on Sunday, after it was discovered by local residents at Awashima Port in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo.

This prehistoric shark is rarely seen alive as its natural habitat lies up to 4,200 feet under the sea.

http://www.wltx.com/FYI/story.aspx?storyid=46230

 

[Dustin Kesselberg]

I wonder why it suddenly died.

 

[andyandy]

I wonder why it suddenly died.

it was probably attacked by a pair of chopsticks

 

[Jorghnassen]

I wonder why it suddenly died.

It was already dying. Deep sea creatures don't come close to the surface like that unless they are in bad shape.

 

[athon]

I'm more concerned for that Japanese guy stretched out next to it. I don't speak Japanese, but I'm certain he was saying something like 'That was mindblowing, baby. Now, how about a cigarette'.

Athon

 

[SteveGrenard]

I think what is most interesting about this find and the recent capture of a giant squid is that there are animals in the oceans and perhaps in some unexplored South American and Asian forests which:

1. Have not yet been discovered....

2. Have been discovered but not seen for a very long time and
believed to be extinct or non-existent in the first place

 

[luchog]

I think what is most interesting about this find and the recent capture of a giant squid is that there are animals in the oceans and perhaps in some unexplored South American and Asian forests which:

1. Have not yet been discovered....

2. Have been discovered but not seen for a very long time and
believed to be extinct or non-existent in the first place

You realize that this is now going to turn into a Bigfoot thread, right?

Interesting looking shark, in any case, almost more eel-like. I've always had a fascination with deep-ocean creatures and "living fossils".

 

[Cello Man]

Ugly little sucker, isn't it?

 

[El Greco]

Interesting looking shark, in any case, almost more eel-like. I've always had a fascination with deep-ocean creatures and "living fossils".

Yeah, me too. And we've only seen a very small fraction of deep ocean life.

 

[Darat]

On the news they showed one they had in a what looked like a bath of preserving fluid (I presume the natural history museum), looks more like an eel then a shark.

 

[SteveGrenard]

You realize that this is now going to turn into a Bigfoot thread, right?

Interesting looking shark, in any case, almost more eel-like. I've always had a fascination with deep-ocean creatures and "living fossils".

Bigfoot has been seen in the ocean? In Asian and South American jungles?

I would've thought prehistoric sea monster thread maybe....but we did that already when the giant squid showed up.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=plesiosaur

 

[Dustin Kesselberg]

If the Shark was 5 feet long then that Japanese guy must be over 7 feet tall!

 

[athon]

You know, looking at it, perhaps it could account for the Loch Ness monster sightings.

Just speculating...

Athon

 

[MortFurd]

You know, looking at it, perhaps it could account for the Loch Ness monster sightings.

Just speculating...

Athon

If a deep sea shark could live in the shallower waters of Loch Ness, or if Nessie had ever been seen around Tokyo.


Every time I read the title of this thread, I read "Rare Grilled Shark Filmed," and wonder what's so fantastic about piece of poorly cooked shark meat.

 

[SteveGrenard]

You know, looking at it, perhaps it could account for the Loch Ness monster sightings.

Just speculating...

Athon

Clearly its appearance could be responsible for inspiring artists's representations of such monsters and, of course, dragons. It bears a resemblance to a lot of historical "dragon" renditions both of the Chinese and the European variety.

Here's another living species that also could be responsible:

http://www.multiscope.com/hotspot/herptile/frilled.htm

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=frilled+dragon

 

[SteveGrenard]

If a deep sea shark could live in the shallower waters of Loch Ness, or if Nessie had ever been seen around Tokyo.


Every time I read the title of this thread, I read "Rare Grilled Shark Filmed," and wonder what's so fantastic about piece of poorly cooked shark meat.

I don't think the frilled shark needs to have actually lived in Loch Ness for its appearance to be responsible for inspiring the myth of lake monsters, at Loch Ness and elsewhere (e.g. Lake Champlain).

How deep is Loch Ness anyway?

 

[MortFurd]

I don't think the frilled shark needs to have actually lived in Loch Ness for its appearance to be responsible for inspiring the myth of lake monsters, at Loch Ness and elsewhere (e.g. Lake Champlain).

How deep is Loch Ness anyway?

Up to 600 feet deep.

Fresh water, though. Sharks tend to stay in salt water, don't they?

 

[Oxymoron]

Cool shark.

I think it's the bull shark that is known for making it's way up rivers and streams into fresh water. I think it might be the only type of shark that does it, I could be wrong.
The Japanese guy was a little disturbing.

 

[hgc]

Up to 600 feet deep.

Fresh water, though. Sharks tend to stay in salt water, don't they?

There are freshwater shark species, but saltwater sharks do stay in their natural environment, or die.

 

[SteveGrenard]

There are freshwater shark species, but saltwater sharks do stay in their natural environment, or die.

True but not entirely. The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) does live in both salt and freshwater environments with impunity as do many of the rays which are also "sharks." Nobody knows anything about the frilled shark that would dictate whether or not it could adapt to freshwater or live at depths above 4200 feet which is where it is normally thought to occur. Loch Ness is freshwater and I just checked and is apparently 754 feet in depth which is pretty deep and may be able to sustain some very deepwater species physiologically.