Strange fishes : Goblin Shark of Tokyo Bay

[DerekLeung]

Goblin Shark of Tokyo Bay

Known as Mitsukurina Owstoni, the goblin shark is truly an odd and lonely creature. Identified mainly by the unusual shape of its head, or snout, which is much longer than other sharks, and also its odd colored pink skin.

The weirdest and coolest aspect of this unusual shark is its retractable jaw, which resembles that nasty critter Sigourney Weaver zonked out of the spacecraft in that old horror classic, Alien. It really seems to leap out of its mouth in order to catch its unsuspecting prey, which include: squid, crabs and fish.

You can really see it in action on this Japanese television show:
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Goblin sharks remain one of Mother Nature’s many enigmas; a riddle with no solution and one of God’s mysterious creations.

 

[SneeringTree]

That's really cool!

 

[DerekLeung]

Thanks hope everybody enjoy it and learn more everyday !

 

[flkyflky]

Thanks hope everybody enjoy it and learn more everyday !

Some are going to argue that sharks are not fish since it lays no egg and are born whole as babies. Male sharks unlike fish also has Lan Jiao.

I like this one for the tail is big. Shark fin soup for CNY! Yum.....


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http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110481/pups.html

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The image on this one may not show unless you click, but it is the very very rare one PREHISTORIC shark, must watch. A live fossil.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070124-sharks-photo.html

 

[zhihau]

The weirdest and coolest aspect of this unusual shark is its retractable jaw, which resembles that nasty critter Sigourney Weaver zonked out of the spacecraft in that old horror classic, Alien. It really seems to leap out of its mouth in order to catch its unsuspecting prey, which include: squid, crabs and fish.

if you looked closer at the anatomy of a large number of teleost, they tend to have the retractable jaw feature, only thing is that this retractable action generally creates a vacuum and sucks the prey into the predator's mouth, but we would rarely see rows of sharp teeth in teleost like the way this goblin shark has.

 

[iamelite]

looks like a dolphin's beak and sharks head

 

[tonychat]

Please turn vegetarian and no shark fins, leave the poor sharks alone.

 

[flkyflky]

Please turn vegetarian and no shark fins, leave the poor sharks alone.

Don't buy the Ang Moh's campaigns lah.

Chinese eats sharks and sharks eats Ang Moh, this is the rule and this is ecological Food-Chain. Ang Moh surfs and swims while sharks eats them, then we have shark fins at Chinese cuisines, it keeps the environment in balance. Just remind the Ang Moh to feed sharks regularly in accordance with what we consume OK?

kidding. I told my Aussie friend this one had a good laugh.

 

[ahbengsong]

looks like the alien beast screws a shark by accident...

 

[fenwick]

looks like the alien beast screws a shark by accident...

Who knows? Maybe somehow the Sharks kindda turn them on cos they're Allien after all..............!!!:p

 

[etherc]

Nature is capable of being darker than H R Giger