Results: Mysterious ghost shark caught on film for the first time
Published on 01/01/2017
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American scientists surveying the depths of the ocean off the coast of California and Hawaii have unwittingly filmed the mysterious ghost shark for the first time. The team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Center had sent a remote operated vehicle down to depths of 2,000 meters (6,700 ft.) when the creature appeared on their screens. Are you familiar with this story?
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What ghost shark facts are you familiar with? They are known as chimaeras.
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The creatures are related to sharks and rays.
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Unlike their namesakes, ghost sharks have tooth plates instead of teeth and open channels on their heads and faces that give them the appearance of having been stitched together like a rag doll.
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Most remarkably perhaps, they have a retractable penis on their heads.
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The species is usually found near Australia and New Zealand and has never been filmed alive in its natural habitat before.
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It is also believed to be the first time they have been seen in the northern hemisphere.
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N/A or I am unfamiliar with all of these facts.
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The footage was captured in 2009 but it has taken the team several years to confirm that the creature on the film is a type of ghost shark known as a pointy-nosed blue chimaera. Is this the first time you are viewing the video of the ghost shark (URL is included: https://youtu.be/undefined) ?
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Dave Ebert, program director for the Pacific Shark Research Center at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories told National Geographic that the discovery of the creatures proper name is Hydrolagus trolli. Before reading about the ghost shark, were you aware that the proper name of this creature is the Hydrolagus trolli? Yes
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