Rare ugly shark captured in Japan. Sushi anyone?

[Bertuzzied]

A frilled shark. What a weird looking thing. I guess it died a few hours after they captured it.

We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 600 and 1,000 meters under the water, which is deeper than humans can go." "We think it may have come close to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," the official said.

[Bertuzzied]

Whoops. Link and a better pic.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070124/...shark_japan_dc

[TheyCallMeBruce]

deep sea creatures always interests me. My favorite is the giant squid and giant octopus.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...s/giant_squid/

[Burninator]

That thing looks terrifying! Now I know what will be haunting me in my dreams.

[FlamesAddiction]

I love looking at bizarre sea creatures. Sometimes they freak me out a little, like those big sea sculpins with the huge teeth.

This shark is rather cool looking, i agree.

[Hack&Lube]

It seems all the deep sea stuff is usually the horrific looking kind by our human standards because these are usually creatures that have existed the most unchanged since pre-historic times. Look at all the other creatures that have pretty much survived millions of years pretty much unchanged like the Crocodile which would look terrifying if we weren't so used to seeing them.

[CaptainCrunch]

Hey I don't mind being eaten by a good looking fish like a great white, or a Kraken. But the worst insult would be getting devoured by something thats uglier on the outside then my last girlfriend was on the inside.

[the crispy badger]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

It seems all the deep sea stuff is usually the horrific looking kind by our human standards because these are usually creatures that have existed the most unchanged since pre-historic times. Look at all the other creatures that have pretty much survived millions of years pretty much unchanged like the Crocodile which would look terrifying if we weren't so used to seeing them.

trust me..some us still think Crocodiles are terrifying!

[Jiggy_12]

I hate the ocean. It creeps me right out. This only goes further to solidify my fear.

How many undiscovered ocean species do they say there are? Something like ten thousand?

[TheDragon]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

I hate the ocean. It creeps me right out. This only goes further to solidify my fear.

How many undiscovered ocean species do they say there are? Something like ten thousand?

See, I'm completely opposite. I absolutely love the ocean and think any creatures we haven't discovered are incredibly fascinating, especially ones like this shark.

Look at it! It doesn't even look or swim like a shark!

It looks more like a snake!

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

I hate the ocean. It creeps me right out. This only goes further to solidify my fear.

How many undiscovered ocean species do they say there are? Something like ten thousand?

How can someone put a number on something that is undiscovered?

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Kobatuzzied

A frilled shark. What a weird looking thing. I guess it died a few hours after they captured it.

We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 600 and 1,000 meters under the water, which is deeper than humans can go." "We think it may have come close to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," the official said.

that pic looks like something you would find in my pants

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by TheDragon

See, I'm completely opposite. I absolutely love the ocean and think any creatures we haven't discovered are incredibly fascinating, especially ones like this shark.

Look at it! It doesn't even look or swim like a shark!

It looks more like a snake!

And it eats other sharks apparently.

[TheDragon]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

And it eats other sharks apparently.

Exactly!

"Heeeere, Jawsy, Jawsy, Jawsy."

[jroc]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

that pic looks like something you would find in my pants

If you aren't scaring the lady's away as it is... i would highly recomend you don't show them that thing in your pants...

[TheyCallMeBruce]

It would be interesting if they are able to capture some of these creatures and exibit them in some sort of deep sea zoo. I know it'll be tough when it comes to something like this. They live in extreme pressure environments, and capturing them in a pressure chamber to stablize and simulate their environment is near impossible.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

It would be interesting if they are able to capture some of these creatures and exibit them in some sort of deep sea zoo. I know it'll be tough when it comes to something like this. They live in extreme pressure environments, and capturing them in a pressure chamber to stablize and simulate their environment is near impossible.

Now that'd be a kick-ass zoo!

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by jroc

If you aren't scaring the lady's away as it is... i would highly recomend you don't show them that thing in your pants...

lol

and of course im already scarin the ladies away...wheelchairs might as well be sold as women repellant

[Mr.Coffee]

that thing honestly looks pre-historic. Weird. Time for the Discovery Channel station to do a new animal death match involving this thing and... hmmm... let's go wiiiiiiiiiiiith... uhhhh..... a human with a chisel.

I've got $10 on the human/chisel.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

lol

and of course im already scarin the ladies away...wheelchairs might as well be sold as women repellant

Aren't there like 2 Baywatch girls that ended up with guys in Wheelchairs or something?

And the Ocean is only cool if I have some sort of invincible underwater Iron Man armor so I can explore 10,000 metres deep and not worry about any prehistoric giant sea monsters devouring me or ocean pressures crushing me. That's my life fantasy.

The last time I was in the Caribbean, I think I swam out to where the land bar dropped off to deep ocean and it totally freaked me out and it was probably only 30 feet deep or something. I was tired from swimming that that totally scared me for some reason. Also, I was attacked by jellyfish. And this is a bloody tourist spot with people all close by.