Wednesday, December 8, 2010

GOBLIN SHARK

they are very, very uncommon and likely the strangest looking shark (rarely seen)

it has pale, pinkish grey skin with a long pointed snout (it looks a bit like a sword on top of its head)

it is so rarely seen because it lives in very deep water.

it is so elusive until it was found off the coast of Japan in 1898... until that time it was believed to have been extinct for 100 million years


i would have a picture, but it is so rare that there aren't any :\

4 comments:

  1. With a name like that I bet it looks pretty damn strange.

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  2. Wow thats awesome! Crazy about the picture though.

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  3. this thing would be good at hide-and-seek, being all elusive and such

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