Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Frilled Shark



Meet the frilled shark, a rare prehistoric beastie which has survived to this day largely by avoiding contact with humans and staying thousands of feet below the surface.

The specimen in this photo was capture in shallow waters by a fisherman and transferred to Japan's Awashima Marine Park, where it died hours later.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070124-sharks-photo.html

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