Rare Prehistoric Shark In Japan
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A rare prehistoric shark was discovered by local residents in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo. The huge eel-like creature, considered to be a living fossil, was taken to Japan’s Awashima Marine Park and placed in a seawater pool. But the new environment was fatal and, only just a few hours after it was moved, the unusual shark died.
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Source: Xoxotyshka.com
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Excellent photos, and isn’t it just like the human race to find something new & kill it.
Thanks for the link BTW, and I can’t believe your blog’s so new - great work!
This fish is not new to us. In fact, we’ve known about them for years. This is just the first specimen to have been found so near the surface.
It is likely that it was diseased or in some way damaged, or it wouldn’t have been up in shallow water. That people were able to capture and observe it means that we have been able to learn from it before it died. Otherwise, it would have been just another of the billions of fish that die every day.
Nice blog,
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……dude that looks ace….i reckon it came to the surface cos of global warming….its getting too cold down bellow so the fish are raising…..k
Well, humans didn’t KILL it, just found it and moved it to another, seemingly safe, environment for observation. It died of unforeseeable causes, and is not necessarily even a direct effect of human interaction.
just like us creatures under the sea get disorientated I expect
This shark may seem rare, but is it really? Maybe it’s just out of its natural deep-sea environment. And, it’s ALIVE! (Or was, recently.) So, how is it a fossil? How is it pre-historic? This creature is fascinating, but please, evolutionists, let’s not use this as a “proof” of macroevolution.
PEOPLE… let’s make clear one thing… NOBODY KILLED THE SHARK! They were just trying to save it… And if I used rare, fossil and pre-historic words is because the big news sources used them…
it looks cool. is it hath shark.
I agree with what some others have said, it is likely that the shark was ill if i came to the surface. Not only did it die shortly after being captured, but the water at the surface is a differnet temperature, not to mention pressure, then what it generally lives at.
If i died because of something we did it is more likely that humans have messed up the ocean to a point beyond repair. moving to a new location didn’t help its survival, but what could have been done? i don’t think any scientists could eaily stick it back at the depths it required and still managed to watch and see if it survived.
It is a frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus. Well known to science since it was first described in 1884. All sharks, and most other groups of organisms, are “prehistoric” - a silly term to apply to sharks since recorded human history goes back only a few thousand years but sharks have existed for tens of millions of years.
that thing looks like an eel more than a shark =p
it looks weird but i think it’s really cool how different species live in this earth.. i pity this shark-eel whatever you call it, cause it died..
oh, yea.. why did it died again??!! cause. the humans captured it or not? ehehehe
Just another reminder from GOD that truth is stranger than fiction, when it comes to weird creatures. We already know this about human behavior their have been too many “WEIRD” ones!
Yes, a rarely-seen shark is most certainly a sign of God. It certainly isn’t just… a shark.
Anyways, that thing looks freaking awesome. I want one. A lot.
All of you are weird
Look who’s talking
the pictures are really scary… but its cool that we still have rare mammals and animals in our world today….
dog that thing looks freakin awesome it looks half eel half shark
its weird thinking about how there are prehistoric sharks still out there.. makes you wonder what else is and if there are any other prehistoric sharks still hiding somewhere out there. that would be crazzyy haha
Lol that thing looks like a bitchin eel
Ya right! that thing is a freakin eel!
its a shark look at the gills and teeth
this is just one more reason for me to stay the hell outta the water.
well i think that this is a way cool looking shark but in a way the humans did kill it because of polution and everything we have done to this earth so us humans really need to stop that or we will not have any of these cool lookin animals that are new to us
This is the best shark ever i wonder if people own it? it’s probably a lot of money if it really “rare”
there is nothing the human race can do to fix the damage we have done. We need to wait for the ice age, so the planet may cleanse itself of the infection. Named thehuman race. The answer to fixing the planet is getting rid of this parasite, “humanity”
this is a shark?