Rarely seen frilled shark captured on film.

[Vie]

A frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) was recently filmed by staff from the Awashima Marine Park in Japan.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/rare-shark-of-the-deep-snapped/2007/01/24/1169594348990.html

See video:

http://educatedearth.net/video.php?id=2841

http://www.educatedearth.net/video.php?id=2844

 

[jdarnall2001]

Wow! How unique! It looks more like an eel than a shark.

 

[fairybasslet]

Wow. What a strange looking animal. Thanks for posting. I hope it's not a fake.

 

[Vie]

Just realised there was an earlier thread about this shark:

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=175208