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by **Marcus Rush** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:19 am

Prehistoric Shark Appears Off Japan
A rare prehistoric shark, the Deep Sea Frill Shark, appears off the coast of Japan. The Frilled more... Shark usually inhabits deep waters between 400 and 4200 feet. The eel-like Frilled Shark may be responsible for some 'sea serpent' sightings.

This one somehow found its way into shallow water off the coast of Japan, where it was captured and taken to a nearby marine park. In poor condition, the shark died soon after this video was shot. (Originally aired on Nippon News Network - Jan 23, 2007.)

http://www.livevideo.com/video/TheAmeri ... japan.aspx

That is the coolest yet freakest thing I have ever seen.

by **The Happy Locust** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:24 am

It's not the freakiest thing I've ever seen, but it's definitely in the top 5. wow!

by **Marcus Rush** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:41 am

The Happy Locust wrote:It's not the freakiest thing I've ever seen, but it's definitely in the top 5. wow!

aye even still its damn cool to look at.

by **Psycho Warrior** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:30 am

I think it's cute. thanks for posting htis man!

by **Mime** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:20 am

That's definitely interesting! Too bad the poor guy died.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:46 am

This is awesome, as it proves that theres a possibility that other prehistoric animals could still be alive out there today. Like Mokele-mbembe and Kongamato.

News Credits: 1 · by **Operation Ravage** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:11 am

I read about this a few days ago, but had not seen the video until now. Thanks for posting the link.

I'm quite pleased to see this relatively unknown species of shark photographed; however, I wonder if this video is really indicative of their swimming techniques and behavior. The one in the video looks quite sickly, and from my understanding, it died soon after.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:03 am

I saw this on BBC America world news the other night.
It is pretty cool to see a "living fossil" like that.

by **dinoboss 5** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:07 pm

Oh my god that thing is scary but that cute cthulhu Makes me feel better.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:22 pm

dinoboss 5 wrote:Oh my god that thing is scary but that cute cthulhu Makes me feel better.

Except you don't go insane when looking at the shark... :grin:

by **dinoboss 5** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:29 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:
dinoboss 5 wrote:Oh my god that thing is scary but that cute cthulhu Makes me feel better.

Except you don't go insane when looking at the shark...

Well atleast it's a good kind of insane like sitting there drooling and laughing. =P~

by **Evil Phil** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:06 pm

That is the most freakiest sea creature I have ever seen.

by **Marcus Rush** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:05 pm

you guys are most welcome, I was lucky to stumble upon it on another web board and I figured people here would like to see such a cool yet freaky looking creature.

News Credits: 1 · by **sto_vo_kor_2000** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:55 pm

They removed the video before I had a chance to see it.Do any of you guys have any pic's or an other link to this thing.

News Credits: 9 · by **magus** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:23 am

sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:They removed the video before I had a chance to see it.Do any of you guys have any pic's or an other link to this thing.

http://seehere.blogspot.com/2007/01/dee ... japan.html

by **ScorpoMax** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:27 am

Just google "frill shark" and you'll get a ton of information and picture.

And while you're at it, look up "goblin shark". You'll see something really freaky.

Also look up "Megamouth shark".

There are more than 400 species of shark identified to date, and very few of them look anything like what comes into our minds when we think of a "shark".

by **Dclone Soundwave** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:56 am

I still can't believe it........a real prehitoric beast that was among the living.....WOW. We're not too far off from a walking, talking, transforming Triceratops, now are we?

by **Tifereth** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:34 am

really impressive!!!

now i wonder, was that creature really found or was genetic manipulated?, remember Japan has enough tech to do so

anyway, i wanna see a sabretooth tiger now

by **Handels-Messerschmitt** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:59 am

Tifereth wrote:really impressive!!!

now i wonder, was that creature really found or was genetic manipulated?, remember Japan has enough tech to do so

anyway, i wanna see a sabretooth tiger now

It was most likely actually found. There's a precedent for this sort of thing, after all. Sabretooth tigers, though... I'm afraid they're pretty much flat out of luck. It's a lot easier to hide in the ocean than it is to hide on land.

I think it looked undead-ish because it wasn't very healthy. I can't imagine that it would sag like that normally. Also, the freakiest sea creature award has got to go to sea spiders. They're basically just a bunch of legs joined together. If you have arachnophobia you're not going to like them, that's for sure.

by **Tifereth** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:15 am

Kjell wrote:...to sea spiders. They're basically just a bunch of legs joined together. If you have arachnophobia you're not going to like them, that's for sure.

Sea spiders

by **g1optimusprime** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:17 am

ok now that was cool i wonder if they will find megladon somewhere hiding out in the depths of the earth cause thats only place u will find it if it still around

by **Myriagon** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:46 pm

That would be one BADASS transformer! lol just gave me a idea.

by **Myriagon** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:47 pm

Damn Double post

News Credits: 7 · by **Dragonslayer** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:52 pm

Cool dude!

by **ScorpoMax** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:39 am

Tifereth wrote:really impressive!!!

now i wonder, was that creature really found or was genetic manipulated?, remember Japan has enough tech to do so

anyway, i wanna see a sabretooth tiger now

It was found. The frill shark is a creature that's been known about for a long time (1884 was when it was first described to science.)

There's a fish called the coelacanth. It was believed to be extinct until one was hauled out of the ocean in 1938 (Seacon Skalor's alt mode is based on it in fact).

The is another kind of shark called the megamouth shark, a plankton feeding creature over 20 feet long not discovered until only 30 years ago.

The sea has a lot of surprises out there, but I doubt you'd find any megalodons.