Rare Alien Caught Off Of Australia "Alien Of The Deep"

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They may not be as awesome as the shimmering, iridescent blue shark or as mighty as the magnificent great white, but goblin sharks are truly awesome creatures, and the Australian Museum is understandably very excited to have the opportunity to showcase such a rare specimen.

“It’s pretty impressive, it’s not hideous. They are not encountered awfully usually at all.” In evidence, only dangerous sharks have been obtained by the museum since the first two arrived back in the ‘80s, according to AFP, and McGrouthe has only seen three throughout his entire fishy career.

The goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, was first characterized over one hundred years ago, but so few specimens have been captured that we still know relatively little about these animals, which are easily one of the relic shark exhibit. Often referred to as “living relic,” M. owstoni is actually the only surviving representative of the Mitsukurinidae family, which dates back some 126 million years.





Goblin sharks are bottom-dwellers that are rarely seen at the surface or in shallow coastal waters, which is probably why so few have been achieved. They tend to live at depths of between 300 (980 ft) and 900 meters (2,950 ft), although they have been found as deep as 1,300 meters (4,260 ft) and as shallow as 95 meters (311 ft).