An infrequently seen, unnerving frilled shark has been gotten in the waters off south-eastern Victoria.
ABUJA, January 21 (Ooduarere) — A rarely seen, unnerving frilled shark has been caught in the waters off south-eastern Victoria. The species is accepted to have existed for no less than 80 million years and is known as a ‘living fossil’, reports ABC. The recently recognized ancient marine reptile Dearcmhara shawcrossi, a part of a gathering called ichthyosaurs that swam the world’s seas while dinosaurs governed the area, is portrayed in this gift delineation gave by Todd Marshall.
It was gotten by anglers off south-eastern Victoria. A trawler working in the waters close Lakes Entrance in Victoria’s Gippsland area pulled the shark from 700m profundity, despite the fact that it typically inhabits a profundity of around 1500m.
Simon Boag, from the South East Trawl Fishing Association, said it was the first run through in living memory that a frilled shark had been seen.
“We couldn’t find a fisherman who had ever seen one before,” he said. Frilled Shark
SEFTIA Frilled Shark “It does look 80 million years old. It looks prehistoric; it looks like it’s from another time!”
The shark has in excess of 300 needle-like teeth in 25 columns, with a head and blades like an eel alongside a long shark-like tail. The startling looking animal has been in charge of some antiquated ocean beast myths. It is extraordinary to the scientific researchers yet infrequently seen.