Rare Prehistoric Shark

The monster from the deep was first spotted by a fisherman swimming in the shallows off Shizuoka prefecture. After the local marine park authorities were called to the site, this 1.6m long animal was identified as a deep sea frilled shark, whose habitat is usually 600 metres underwater.

Fossil records can be found of this shark up to 50m years ago, and like another famous deep sea denizen, the C lancanth, is called a “living fossil”. Unfortunately this shark died soon after capture.