Rare sight of ancient shark

[Behind the Aegis]

This is a video report about a pre-historic era shark! Very cool video...more...!

[On the Road]

1. That is Unbelieably Creepy

It doesn't even look like a modern organism.

[CatWoman]

2. look at it's eyes

opaque.

I guess cause it lives so far beneath the depths.

Too bad it died.......

[Benhurst]

6. That might have had something to do with its poor health. ???? NT

[CatWoman]

7. don't most animals/fish/mammals who live so far beneath the sea

have poor eye sight and opague eyes?

It's pretty dark down there :shrug:

[Benhurst]

12. Yeah, that might be right. But often they have rudimentary eyes or

eye spots. This fish just looks sick, which it was, since the film was taken just hours before it's death.

[Wizard777]

15. Those that have eyes. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. Some do. Some have really good eyes.

Giant squid, for example, have the largest eyes in the world.

This thing was in obviously poor health. Most deep sea fish only come to the surface while dying. It looked like their was something very wrong with this critter's spine.

[CatWoman]

23. oh, my..........

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. Excuse me, but there's some very important science going on.

We'll have to save the fun for later.

[Deep13]

3. Ancient is right.

wow

[shadowknows69]

4. wild

Still waiting for the "Abyss" aliens to come up and tell us to straighten our shit out.

[SoCalDem]

5. and of course they HAD to capture it and watch it die.

It might have been sick/or dying to be in such shallow waters, but it always make me sad when these magnificent animals are captured so we can "look at them" and then they die :(

[scrinmaster]

28. It's a just a shark.

Observation is an important part of science, this was a pretty rare opportunity.

[bleedingheart]

8. it is truly an odd sight. I was at the Science Center in Pgh last night

and saw a film called Deep Sea narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet and it had some amazing video of reefs around the world and the creatures that inhabit them.

However seeing that frilled shark was really wild.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. WOW!

This is GREAT, as a sci fi writer this is incredible, thanks

[samsingh]

21. you have a good website

i've written comic books and lots of text books (over 10). i may submit.

[samsingh]

22. you have a good website

i've written comic books and lots of text books (over 10). i may submit.

[burythehatchet]

10. What a remarkable creature

I hope it died because of natural causes and not because it was captured. In any event, it should be a boon to scientists who study evolution.

[bleedingheart]

11. there are fossils that look just like it...it is truly a link to the past

[burythehatchet]

13. Its remarkable that in our rush to explore space we seem to ignore

the vast undersea universe.

[Unperson]

14. It's rare! KILL IT!!!

[CatWoman]

17. ROFL!!!!

After all, it's the American way!!

:rofl:

[scrinmaster]

29. The Japanese way, in this case. n/t

[seabeyond]

16. this is one for my boys. and as far as it dying, probably the reason

it came out of the depths.... just a guess

[CatWoman]

18. like those giant squid

[seabeyond]

25. seems to me..... n/t

[porphyrian]

20. I bet that was the basis of more than one dragon legend. - n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. I don't know if the clip says that, but others certainly do

eg http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/shark_profiles/chlamydoselachiformes.htm

[Lurking Dem]

27. If I saw that mf

I would literally walk (run) on water.

Been a long time since a Jew did that!