Eerie! Rare Prehistoric Ghost Shark Caught on Film for the First Time! (Videos)

 

December 19 2016

 

This ghost shark is amazing! And … I must say, with some rather … ahem, peculiar traits! (Explained in the video)

American scientists, from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Center, unwittingly film the mysterious ghost shark for the first time as they survey the depths of the ocean off the coast of California and Hawaii. Also known as chimaeras, (which is why I have this video under a ‘paranormal’ catagory) the creatures are related to sharks and rays.

From Guardian Wires:

From Amazing Eye a more extensive view

[MYSTERIOUS] THE GHOST SHARK FILMED ALIVE

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“Normally, people probably wouldn’t have been looking around in this area, so it’s a little bit of dumb luck,” Dave Ebert, from the Pacific Shark Research Center, told National Geographic. The video was filmed by geologists from the MBARI using a remotely-operated vehicle to explore the depths of the northern Pacific.

“It’s almost a little comical. It would come up and bounce its nose off the lens and swim around and come back,” Ebert said, commenting that the shark would play havoc with the filming material.

A FASCINATING shark that has evaded scientists for years has finally been caught on camera for the first time – and the male of the species has a retractable sex organ on its head.
The mysterious and pre-historic Ghost Shark is one of the most elusive creatures in the ocean and has fascinated researchers who have been desperate to catch a glimpse for decades.

Now the researchers who spotted the eerie spook fish, also known as Chimaera, off the coast of Hawaii and California say it was “dumb luck” that they managed to catch it on camera.

While it is called a Ghost Shark, the fish is actually a member of the elasmobranchs, which is related to sharks but not actually classified as one.
The species was previously known to make its habitat in the southern Hemisphere but appears to have swapped the south for the north, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).

Dave Ebert, from the Pacific Shark Research Center, told National Geographic: “Normally, people probably wouldn’t have been looking around in this area, so it’s a little bit of dumb luck.

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