Frilled Shark captured on film
The Japanese dudes from the Awashima Marine Park, earlier this week captured on film a rare primitive shark from the pre-historic era with ugly proportions, known as the Frilled Shark, while it swan close to the surface near Japan.
Surprisingly, these things still exist today (I didn’t know) but are rarely ever seen because they live 2,000ft or more below the ocean. If anyone is lucky enough to spot one, it is usually dead therefore having a live one captured on film is a thrilling thing. Sadly, this one captured on film, also died shortly after being moved to a seawater pool for observation.
I’ve always liked the Great White Shark ever since my mom took me to the theaters to watch JAWS in the 70’s (no idea how I got in being so young). For me, the Great White is no doubt the meanest, baddest, most aggressive, and most fearful looking shark in the sea. The Frilled Shark, on the other hand, has to be the weirdest! Its just so ugly (look at the teeth and gills)! But it looks harmless as you can see a diver swimming next to it and touching it in the video. Hmmmmmm… I wonder if it is harmless by nature or more because it was close to dying. Eitherway, its an eye-opener.
Yeah, this is very fascinating footage. I’ve seen it online and even on CNN and like. It’s sad that it was dying but at least officials caught in on film for the world to see such a rare sight.
I’d bet frilled sharks are pretty harmless to humans by nature. I think Great Whites are so dangerous because they often mistake humans for seals and such. Since the frilled shark lives so deep, it probably feeds are surface organisms and other animals that live at such depths. (I only know this since I watched a great show on hammerhead sharks last night. Hammerheads live fairly deep and they’re not very dangerous to humans.)
Great post
an eye-opener indeed.
I saw it on tv 2 weeks ago… I was really surprised that a prehistoric shark like that still exists till now… the aquatic world is still full of mysteries and I’m so very interested.
That’s a beauty! Such rare creatures seem to surface only when it’s time to die. Fascinating footage!