H2Andy
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wow...a unique and rare shark!
let's hope the Japanese don't eat it as sushi
let's hope the Japanese don't eat it as sushi
Rare primitive shark captured on film
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BIGG_BUDD
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How cool. It didn't look too "nimble" in the video, so it must have been on its last leg. Sad that it died.
gangrel441
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H2Andy:wow...a unique and rare shark!
let's hope the Japanese don't eat it as sushi
They'd have to work pretty hard for that...these guys live down deeper than 200m. This one is presumably swimming pretty shallow because he is already sick and dying. Fascinating little living fossil, isn't he?
RonFrank
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drbill:
Bill, even with ULTRA TECH training, I don't think you are going to film one of these puppies at 1000M. I'd go for the submersible route! Get ready for terms similar to community service to get on board a Johnson Sea Link or similar. My Cuz, a marine biologist, has to earn something like 35% of her salary teaching in order to justify her existence as a research biologist with access to several crusies a year studying creatures at 2000+ feet in a SeaLink. The good and bad news, 35% of her salary is not that big!
Seems like you have a good life without pimping yourself out to places like Harvard Branch.
BIGG_BUDD
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Dude! I just spit coffee all over my monitor!H2Andy:wow...a unique and rare shark!
let's hope the Japanese don't eat it as sushi
Bravo Andy!
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Creepy looking thing isn't it? The eye looked a bit milky - was that because it was a creature of the deep or because it was sick? (also looked beat up towards the tail)
RonFrank
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Very cool. I'd name it the SharkFaceEel, or Bob!
Too bad it died, but it was looking none too good when it was alive.
Too bad it died, but it was looking none too good when it was alive.
stepup
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That thing is crazy looking. How deep is 2000 Meters.
occrider
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Looks like one of them shrieking eels that grow louder when they're about to feed on human flesh.
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