Goblin Shark????????

[FishLvrRYJ]

Me, never, but my sister has. She was diving somewhere (my memory is weak) and she one. They all got scared and got on the boat. It didn't even come near them. I am too young (14 years old, I'm a baby! But wanna become a Marine Biologist) and live where those little boogers never come. Sad.

 

[SirStoneyOfBow]

Goblin sharks are found in the benthic depths of the oceans. Their range is scattered so finding one is a task in itself. Most(or more likely all) finds are accidental.
But thats the attraction i have to the Deep Sea sharks(this species and the megamouth too) is that a four metre long shark like the goblin - only discovered at the end of the 19th c. can avoid behind detected for so long, it makes you wonder what else is out there. What was more incredible was the megamouth shark because it came to the surface at night and yet only 17 specimens of this species have ever been seen since its discovery in 1976. The megamouth is even larger. Growing to 18ft long but its likely they get bigger.
I hope there's more in the deep blue sea. Megaladon maybe?? I wish! I hope someone captures a live Giant squid and is able to film it. That would be amazing.

 

[Goblin Girl]

Actually the goblin shark probably can become close to 6 meters...

cheers,
GG

 

[OceanShark]

Between the Goblin Shark, Coelacanth, Architeuthis and other Benthic/ Deep Sea creatures its no wonder why so many people show intrest in what I feel is the last frontier on earth... The Deep Ocean. It makes you wonder about evolution, and what else could have evolved to live at such depths or better yet survived.

If anyone has a open spot on a Deep Sea exploration sub please let me know, and ill be more then glad to come along.

Dave

 

[5615mike]

Goblin Girl

Thanks for the insight. Very interesting stuff. I have never heard of a Goblin Shark so all your info was great.

 

[SharkHunta]

Hi....
ummmm...
Here....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2945632699&category=1469



*runs away*









P.S. I do not hunt sharks

 

[CBulla]

Thats kind of neat if it's a real mccoy. I'm not ashamed to say that I used to catch sharks in my younger years. It was just fact of life and part of fishing the waters around here. Its a tasty fish and we treated them better than we did snapper, grouper, tuna, or whatever else our we caught on our poles, especially since we rarely kept one.

Tell you what though, if I had hooked a goblin, my boat would have to have been seriously hosed out cause its just plain scarey looking!

 

[SharkHunta]

ummmm.......GobbyGobGobliGobblgobGoblins!
oh and.........ShShaShaShaSharShaShaShark!
TaDa............Goblin Shark:doctor:

 

[seakdivers]

Ok - during most of my childhood I wanted to be an ichthyologist so very badly. Most of all, I wanted to study sharks. I was (ok still am) such a dork, that I had all of the sharks' latin names memorized..... I was like a trick monkey - when I was 8 my mom would ask me to recite as many as I could...my uncle, who is a commercial fisherman, would bring me the jaws from salmon sharks, blue sharks, and even dogfish because he knew how much I was into them. I loved them. I lived and breathed sharks.
****moment to fume at ex-husband who made me get rid of my collection of jaws****

Ahh...much better.

So getting to the point......I find it odd that I could never stand the sight (mostly drawings) of the Goblin Shark. Maybe because it was an unknown, maybe it's because it's just flat out scary looking.
I have looked at the pictures of the preserved & "live" pictures of them, and I almost want to look away..... I guess it's the idea of an unknown being realised, and it's uncomfortable to the senses.
Maybe I need to go to bed... hehehe...

 

[tankajava]

Goblin Girl,

Amen on the tattoo and thanks for the excellent links! I was particularly impressed with the ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research and R. Aidan Martin’s efforts to provide a comprehensive base for research on elasmobranch biology. I too, anxiously await the first photos of Mitsukurina owstoni in its native environment.

Although Martin’s description mentioned a translucent dermis, I did not find a description of the dermal denticles for M. owstoni. Do you have a link to an identification data base that includes gross as well as denticle (and dental) morphology??

Sounds like you're living several of us forum members' dream. Thanks again for the links and keep us updated on anything you can on your quest for marine knowledge.

TJ