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Shaka_Khan
01-25-2007, 08:46
http://today.reuters.com/news/ (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-01-24T190516Z_01_T98107_RTRUKOC_0_US-SHARK-JAPAN.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-scienceNews-3)

A rare film of a prehistoric shark that lives deep in the ocean is now available. This shark eats other species of sharks and other sea creatures. Wow!
Sasaki Kojiro
01-25-2007, 08:56
That thing is freaky looking. Especially the eye in that one picture.
Subedei
01-25-2007, 10:18
Wow!

I would definitely move along if that lil´fishy would approach me while divin´.

I like sharks, they have a lot of variation and many approaches to survival. I don´t get Reuters writing "ugly proportions". Man, it ain´t a beauty contest 600 metres underneath the sea.
Fragony
01-25-2007, 12:22
God that's awesome........
Gregoshi
01-25-2007, 14:10
That is one cool looking shark. The eel-like body gives it a good "creep" factor too.
Omanes Alexandrapolites
01-25-2007, 15:27
That is one cool looking shark. The eel-like body gives it a good "creep" factor too.
Since I am way too stupid to give my own answer, I say exactly what he said :yes:
edyzmedieval
01-25-2007, 21:55
Interestingly, if you sit around normally with sharks, they won't attack you. You can just sit there for hours, and them around you, and they won't attack...
Samurai Waki
01-25-2007, 22:15
Mostly its just surfers who ever get attacked by sharks in the first place. The Boards look like Seals from below.
Adrian II
01-25-2007, 22:38
Five feet of muscle and teeth, beautiful.

I think the diver was rather reckless to approach her while she was obviously in poor condition. The idea to move her to shallow waters probably wasn't brilliant either. Maybe they thought a 'Save the Shark Show' would increase the publicity around this 'apparition'.
yesdachi
01-25-2007, 22:40
Mostly its just surfers who ever get attacked by sharks in the first place. The Boards look like Seals from below.
Mmmmmmm seal. ~D

I watch the discovery, animal planet, a&e, history, etc. channels all the time and have never seen this sexy thing even mentioned, I love it!
drone
01-25-2007, 23:03
This shark would look even cooler with a laser attached to it's head.
discovery1
01-26-2007, 00:01
Five feet of muscle and teeth, beautiful.

I think the diver was rather reckless to approach her while she was obviously in poor condition. The idea to move her to shallow waters probably wasn't brilliant either. Maybe they thought a 'Save the Shark Show' would increase the publicity around this 'apparition'.

It wandered into shallow waters on it's own, and as such was probably too out of it to even realize the diver was there.
Motep
01-26-2007, 01:13
Whats really stupid is that they tried to catch it, and ended up killing the poor thing...
Ares
01-26-2007, 01:39
Whats really stupid is that they tried to catch it, and ended up killing the poor thing...

I think it was already sick or something, that's why it had come to the surface to begin with. It died a few hours after being captured, not while being captured.

Anyways, yeah, it's a pretty freaky looking thing. Apparently it's species has remained pretty much unchanged for millions of years? :shocked:
Motep
01-26-2007, 01:47
I think it was already sick or something, that's why it had come to the surface to begin with. It died a few hours after being captured, not while being captured.

Anyways, yeah, it's a pretty freaky looking thing. Apparently it's species has remained pretty much unchanged for millions of years? :shocked:

about 50 million
Marshal Murat
01-26-2007, 05:17
It looks like the giant undersea beast from SW:1 Phantom Menace.
Caius
01-27-2007, 16:35
That was a snake-shark.
Orb
01-30-2007, 21:42
I'd be proud to look like that shark.
Subedei
02-21-2007, 20:40
I'd be proud to look like that shark.

:laugh4: :laugh4: Excellent....
Mooks
02-21-2007, 21:23
The prehistoric world must have been a scary place. I saw some of the pictures of the fish that came up after the tsunamai by India. Scary stuff.

And yes. It would look awsome if the shark had a frikin lazer beam attached to his head.
ShadeHonestus
02-22-2007, 07:15
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was its resemblence, to a certain degree, of oriental dragon art.
naut
02-22-2007, 12:17
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was its resemblence, to a certain degree, of oriental dragon art.
I'd have to agree with you there. Very freaky animal.
master of the puppets
02-23-2007, 04:00
you call it ugly but i call it spectacular, 50 millionm years living unchanged, that is a symbol of near perfection in an animal, its beautiful.