Living Dinosaur Shark Found in Japan
Recently Japan caught a very rare deep ocean shark.
This type of shark is very different from what we usually see. It has six gills and the body is like an eel, normally living under 600-1,000 meters deep in ocean. They have very long history of 50 million years, that’s why they are also called living fossil.
The shark was in a very weak condition and died a few hours later.
By Mui Mui on 24-01-2007
Comment by ajesni phillips
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 am
i thought this was very interesting i should it to my hubby he thought it was a shark that may have suffered birth defects as a result of all the polutants in the waters of the world.
Comment by Heather
August 12th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Okay…
Comment by christian
October 17th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Wow.. this thing looks like a flood from halo 3 hahahaha!
Comment by boo
December 8th, 2007 at 6:51 am
thats so fake
Comment by Yamamanama
December 10th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Of course it’s weird, it’s a deep-sea fish.
Comment by Victor
March 21st, 2008 at 8:49 am
It is interesting that this “dinasour” in the fossel record believed by naive people to have been fossilized 50,000,000 years ago, and now it is the same creature found alive today. Why didn’t it evolve into something else? Because macro evolution is a lie.
Comment by Butts.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
It’s a frilled shark.
Comment by Evelyn
May 27th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I think this is awesome, it gives you so many things to imagine. If this thing lives that deep, try to picture what else is living down there.
Comment by the people voice
August 1st, 2008 at 8:21 pm
this is more proof that the crystal skulls need to be found and save man kind!
Comment by TeninaT
August 11th, 2008 at 4:11 am
wow. That is so cool. But creepy….
Comment by Dr. David Begun
November 24th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Actually, that is factually incorrect. Living fossils principally exist because they had no reason to evolve. Fitness being a relative concept, organisms that do not require evolution (i.e., Platyrrhines), will still exist, for they can adequately exploit a given niche. Please consult relevant Macroevolutionary peer-reviewed scientific journals before spewing nonsense to your colleagues.
Comment by david
December 26th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
well im thinking that it was a polution thing too but now that i relize it, it looks as if it is a relative of the eel family
Comment by Cmcc43
January 7th, 2009 at 11:24 am
People’s minds are so naive today they don’t realize what they are looking at and if they’ve never heard it, it is supposofly fake. The “creature” is a deep sea shark found in depths of ocean 600m to 1000m. It is called the Frilled shark (common name). They usually rise to closer depths when the water gets colder for there bodys were not made to take warm waters. Being that this one was sickly it is understandable that it rose for maybe it wasn’t able to stay where it needed to. It is refered to as a living dinosaur because fossils have been found dating at least 50 million years ago. David above said tht it looks more like the eel family..true. the frilled shark in some cases has been to believed closer related to an eel than a shark. Being that it has gills it belongs to the shark family. Look up your guys’ info before you turn stuff down.
Comment by Timmy Fouquette
January 29th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I think this is a dinosaur shark from billions of years ago that has not died yet!
Comment by Mother
January 29th, 2009 at 10:16 am
TIMMY!!!! GO AND FEED SNOBALL!!!!
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Comment by slayersremix
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm
How so?
Comment by Zakk
February 27th, 2009 at 7:06 am
umm, actually it isnt fake at all.
Comment by gsjgkyfjghh
May 15th, 2009 at 4:19 am
pwned
Comment by REALPLAYA
June 29th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
cool but creepy but gives u and idea of what is down there
Comment by William
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 am
I liked the imformashion on the shark…I want to be a palentologist.
Comment by sgfhrt
August 5th, 2009 at 2:26 am
Which explains why roaches look the same as their ancestors millions of years ago.
Comment by Jess
October 27th, 2009 at 5:19 am
…First and foremost, this comment is for Dr. David Begun:
Not everything in this world has a scientific explanation! Humans surely didn't evolve from dinosaurs, and this prehistoric shark definately did not need to evolve because God created everything in the world! Where will those people, who do not believe that there is a higher power, go after death?????????????????????????
Comment by ya mum
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Believing in god is the easy answer. God did it all. Science is the real answer but its to complicated for your christian minds. You do worship an invisible man after all. When science does prove completely your god isn't real you christians are going to look quite retarded.