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Rare Shark Filmed in Japan
[TheBORG] writes "A Deep Sea Frill Shark, whose normal habitat is between 600 and 1000m, was found and filmed off the coast of Japan recently. Normally they're caught (found dead) in fishermen's nets. This 'living fossil' was probably so close to the coast because it was sick. In its poor condition, the shark was moved by marine park personnel to a seawater pool where they filmed it swimming and opening its jaws. The shark died a few hours later after being filmed."
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CS: It is all sink or swim...oh and did I mention there are sharks in that water?
Looks the ugly step-child of a Resident Evil monster. With neighbors like that, no wonder Godzilla rampages through Tokyo every now and then.
Not worth mentioning then
This guy was probably one of the sole survivors who ate Godzilla eggs keeping the population down. Now they're in for it. "Oh no, there goes Tokyo!"
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More proof that cameras steal souls!
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But what kind of lasers were they armed with?
Ok, now that we got that out of our system, we can procede.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qz_nZixWX6Q Youtube video of the shark
Japan huh? And now it's dead?
That's going to be the most expensive plate of sushi ever!
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WTF did they have to capture it for?
They clearly moved it so a shallow area where it couldn't find its way back to the depths.
I don't understand why a shark would surface if it was sick, that would just make it more vulnerable to unforeseen predators.
This is quite common in *many* animal species. Even dogs and raccoons do this. Obviously, when a creature gets physically sick (or old), often they are also mentally deficient as well, just like humans. With animals, however, they often wander into strange places, away from others of their kind, and generally do things they wouldn't ever normally do. This can be attributed to loss of sensory capabilities, perception, and many other things.
In some ways, this is advantageous -- not to the individual creature, but to the overall population -- and can potentially be considered advantageous behavior. If a creature is infested with a disease, the further away it gets from its healthy kin, the better off they are likely to be. If the creature is just old, it can benefit the rest of the 'pack' by leading predators away, at very least, before it dies.
Back on topic... This thing looked pretty beaten up. Granted, I haven't ever seen one before, but it looks to me pretty old and out of it. It was just its time -- I wouldn't attribute its death to anything else unless you start seeing many more similar cases. Then it makes sense to worry. Until then, this is just kind of 'cool' for us monkeys.
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I don't understand why a shark would surface if it was sick, that would just make it more vulnerable to unforeseen predators.
One of the first symptoms of many types of sickness in most species of fish is difficulty controlling their buoyancy. If you have a fish tank and your fish is sitting at the top or bottom of the tank and moving slowly, that's a good sign it's a sick fishy.
I've had several dogs, and not one of them ever surfaced from 1,000 m just because they were sick or dying.
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Damn it !
They've always either been dead for too long, or have somthing wrong with them, when are we going to get to taste one of theese things ?
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Only the ones that are witches. The rest of them stay on the bottom.
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The part of Japan it was found has a narrow gulf on a plate with some very very deep water. It's not unusual after an earthquake for all manner of freaky sea creatures to surface, apparently fleeing the depths.
You have so little clues it just plain pathetic.
My apologies, it just my opinions.
Interesting, in the video it looks like it is keeping its gills crazy-open none-stop. It looks like its desperately trying to get enough water across its gills. Maybe it just died of exhaustion because of the effort? Kind of like what people go through when not used to mountain atmospheres and get out of breath fast.
My free guess: it almost got caught by a fishing net which wounded it. The damage caused the fish to become disoriented. Lack of oxygen further disoriented it and all it could to stay alive was try to get more water across its gills. Eventually it died from exhaustion.
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I've had it with those motherf****n sharks in this motherf****n pool!
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